Indeed Jack Coffee, a professor at Columbia Law School, suggests that the banks actively sought a settlement with the regulators, so that they could assure investors that the evident problems had been cured and the conflicts of interest had been banished.Enter the lawyersNonetheless, the pile of documents accompanying the settlement will be required reading for plaintiff lawyers.
Even so, they could be a tonic.
Perhaps, too, they'll learn how these ancestors valued familiarity over variety, preferring their lunches to taste the same wherever they travelled and relying on things called "sandwich chain stores" so they could be assured that the brie and tomato baguette they had in Pret a Manger in Rotherham one week would taste exactly the same as the one they had in Edinburgh the next.
Sir Keir said: "It was very important for me to meet the complainants very early in the process so that I could assure them as to how I was going to conduct the review, engage with them and do my best to ensure they had confidence in the process.
Equally foreign, but just as enlightening, were the stories of the immigrant woman who, despite blinding migraine headaches, worked two jobs so that she could assure that all four of her children received an education.
However, Fawcett was working with an international trade union body to examine the evidence so they could be "absolutely assured of its provenance, authenticity and that all findings are robust and factual".
Nevertheless, she said, Fawcett was working with an international trade union body to examine the evidence so they could be "absolutely assured of its provenance, authenticity and that all findings are robust and factual".
Over a period of years, he moved divisional chief executives to corporate headquarters so he could assure himself of their loyalty.
So it was suggested that allowing the women on these early pills to take a monthly break could assure them they were not pregnant.
