"The government would have to back off these high-powered remedies and Microsoft would have to make additional concessions" to make a settlement possible, he said.
The debt relief company would (eventually) use those savings to make a lump sum settlement for far less than the total amount due.
The goal is to strongarm Chevron into a settlement just to make the whole mess go away.
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The Turkish Cypriot leader, Rauf Denktash, says the decision to allow Cyprus to apply for EU membership without a political settlement will make the division of the island permanent.
In addition, if you are the victim of a medical mistake, hospital lawyers will make never speaking publicly about your injury a condition of any settlement.
As part of the settlement, the company has to make a series of improvements to the safety and emergency responses on its rigs.
Ministers authorised a multi-million pound settlement to make the men drop their cases and so prevent any documents seeing the light of day.
The judge also criticized both RIM and rival NTP for not settling the case sooner, leading to speculation that a speedy settlement would convince the judge to make today's decision final.
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By staging mock trials or convening focus groups they can make a good guess about how trials will come out, which may encourage settlement.
Kentucky Farm Bureau Chief Bill Sprague told Clinton farmers are afraid to borrow and make long-term plans because of the controversy over a proposed national tobacco settlement.
Mr Netanyahu has long championed settlements, but has also said he would be prepared to make "painful concessions" - alluding to some settlement withdrawals - in a final peace agreement with the Palestinians.
The spokesperson said it has supported collaboration with a "generous financial settlement" and has repeatedly urged councils to make the most of this and to use the time and money to invest for the future.
At the same time, Obama will have to work with the Israeli government -- without antagonizing it -- in order to gain support for a settlement freeze during the negotiations and to push forward Netanyahu's promise to make progress towards a viable Palestinian state.
But none of Mr Rudd's changes matches the historical resonance of a statement he plans to make on February 13th: a formal apology to Australia's indigenous people for past injustices under European settlement.
But the phrase had been in earlier use in England in the 1700s, where brokers on the London Stock Exchange called you a lame duck if you tried to go on trading securities after you had failed to make good on settlement.
It would help millions of homeowners who make their payments on time save hundreds of dollars a month, and it can broaden the impact building off this settlement.
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