The court will enter a consent decree once the settlement is approved.

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He declined to say whether he will promise a referendum in the speech, only that consent for any new settlement will be sought in a "straightforward way".

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The latest fine is possible because Google signed a separate settlement, called a consent decree, with the FTC in October, promising not to misrepresent its privacy practices to consumers.

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They say he is shelving his previous demand for a total settlement freeze and will consent to a plan to set up low-level or indirect talks, to save the Palestinian leader's face.

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Without their support or consent, he argues, any political settlement in Sri Lanka will be impossible to implement.

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The insurers denied coverage under the policy, claiming that the settlement had not occurred with their consent and that they were not properly given notice of the mediation proceeding, according to the firm.

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For a global settlement to hold, Andersen would need the consent of a wide variety of claimants, many of whom have just started their investigation of Enron and its accounting.

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Under the settlement, Facebook is required to obtain users' consent for certain changes to its privacy settings, as well as commit to 20 years of independent audits.

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Prime Minister David Cameron hinted last week that he might be ready to call an EU referendum after the 2015 general election, saying that the coming years would see "opportunities for a new settlement between Britain and Europe" which would require "fresh consent from the British people".

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