In its administrative filing, the S.E.C. noted that the company had paid substantial amounts to settle shareholder class actions, totaling about $37 million.
Alliance Capital Management, one of the nation's biggest investment firms, submitted to extraordinary oversight yesterday as well as substantial payments to settle complaints that it permitted some hedge funds and others to make improper trades in its funds.
The N.H.L. players agreed to substantial salary givebacks to settle the 2005-6 lockout.
Although News International is now questioning Mr Lewis's competency in a case they believe should never have been brought, The Independent has learned that NI made Ms Field a substantial offer last year to settle the case, including accepting that wrong-doing had occurred.
At the first round of peace talks, in September, they agreed to settle for substantial autonomy in the north-east rather than full independence.
"There was a substantial payment made in order to settle the litigation," said Jeffrey J. Temple, a lawyer for the sponsor, a company controlled by the crown prince of Dubai.
Nor have the Tigers ever really dropped their aim of total independence, despite sometimes hinting that they might be prepared to settle for substantial autonomy within a federal Sri Lanka.Autonomy was already a brave thing for the government of President Chandrika Kumaratunga to offer, and there is no realistic chance that independence could ever be accepted by the majority Sinhalese.
Cardiff, who have suffered three successive Championship play-off disappointments on their top-flight quest, want to settle their substantial debt to Langston, owned by former owner Sam Hammam.
Courts have given substantial deference to federal agencies' decisions to settle cases, approving thousands of previous settlements, the commission said in its court papers.
California is among the states whose homeowners have suffered the most in the housing market collapse, and because of its size, officials involved in the negotiations said banks, including Bank of America, Wells Fargo and JPMorgan Chase, would want its participation before agreeing to settle and to pay substantial sums.
