Sentence examples for under pressure to settle from inspiring English sources

Richard Griffith at Evolution Securities said: Anadarko (25%), BP's other partner in the Macondo licence is likely to come under pressure to settle as well now.

Some say that Microsoft finally moved only because it was under pressure to settle its outstanding legal issues so it can turn its attention to more fundamental competitive challenges from Linux and other sources of cheap software.

They are under less pressure to settle with a partner and more able to fund single motherhood.

Judges are increasingly acknowledging that class-action certification, designed to be a mere step in the litigation process, all too often puts defendants under unbearable pressure to settle, even when they have a reasonable chance of winning on merit.

The union was under intense pressure to settle because its members were feeling so financially battered by the dispute and because the union and its Southern California locals had been financially weakened by the tens of millions of dollars spent to finance strike benefits.

Although there isn't any mention of it in the official press release, Birmingham is under tremendous pressure to settle backdated equal pay claims of more than £1bn.

As a result, the pressure to settle is big.

Some of us give in to the pressure to settle... and some of us don't.

Verizon (pronounced Vuh-RISE-en) was under various pressures to settle the strike, which the company had apparently expected to be only a token few-day walkout.

They are not under pressure to act quickly and settle for fire-sale prices.

It did not for two basic reasons: The White House was under pressure to focus on the economy and proved inept at multimessaging, and officials never settled on a consistent and coherent rationale for the law.