The firms have already raised prices by about 50 cents a pack to pay for the settlement.
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Tobacco firms are paying for the settlement by raising prices, and will do the same to pay damages in any other lawsuits.
Assembly Republicans want Silver investigated for possible fraud for categorizing the settlement as legal services and to reimburse the state for the settlement.
As a deterrent, those who cause harm pay for the settlement.
Two reports by the state ethics board and a special prosecutor criticized Silver for the settlement, which they said violated Assembly policy for handling such claims.
Nokia did not say if the settlement will prevent future lawsuits in other nations, but it would be unusual for the settlement to only apply to three nations.
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As for the settlement, the terms are being kept confidential.
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The archdiocese said its finances would not be disrupted, as it had already budgeted for the settlement, but other dioceses have declared bankruptcy following a flood of abuse claims.
The involvement of Deutsche Bank in this tax shelter saga has been known for years and the bank has already made provisions for the settlement so it will not have any impact on earnings.
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Also included is a new Department of Defense (DOD) General Provision that would authorize the Secretary of the Navy to receive and retain payment in-kind for the settlement of the longstanding A-12 aircraft contract litigation.
Mr Rosatti has said that the government, which is in dispute with several foreign companies, will appeal to the court against unfavourable rulings at the World Bank's International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes.
In 1348 it played a pivotal role in the spread of the Black Death, it was a major departure point for the settlement of the Americas and a critical location for Britain's defense during World War II.
However in May, 2009 an international arbitration tribunal under the auspices of the International Center for the Settlement of Investment Disputes ("ICSID") unanimously ordered that the government of Ecuador and Petroecuador halt seizures of crude oil against Perenco.
Just as the US was supposed to act as a guarantor for the settlement blocs, so, from Livni's perspective, Fatah forces and an international force comprised of European and perhaps US military units were supposed to protect Israel from Gaza in the aftermath of withdrawal from the area.
Also unclear is why Google decided to take the charge for the expected settlement in the March quarter.
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He is said to have sent Tia Neiva the blueprint for the whole settlement which she then drew with a stick on the ground.
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The judge congratulated Johnson and Kardashian's attorney, Laura Wasser, for achieving the settlement.
Carbon dating will be used to try to give a more precise timeframe for when the settlement was inhabited.
As for the big settlement blocks, he was more circumspect in public but hardly so in his actual policy.
They have a rota for guarding the settlement round the clock.
The lawyers in the Boston case (including K. Craig Wildfang, who I criticized earlier this year for the Visa settlement), have convinced Judge Edward F.
The deadline for accepting the revised settlement was Tuesday.
Almost two years later, that probe is nearing completion, government and company officials said, setting the stage for settlement negotiations between the U.S. and News Corp.
"We did very much agree on the need for progress and the need for a political settlement in Syria, " he added.
The following spring, they set off on foot for the Red River Settlement around Lake Winnipeg in Canada where Scottish aristocrat, the Earl of Selkirk, had promised them land.
David Sheehan, the lawyer for the trustee, said the settlement now aligns the goals of the Mets owners and the trustee.
The important thing here is that the advance payment on the second year is calculated from the settlement payment for the first year.
He is very much an active diplomat, and responsible for driving home a final settlement for the status of Kosovo.
Mr Rennie also urged the SNP to join the debate on a strengthened devolved settlement for the Scottish Parliament, rather than full independence.
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