And Kasowitz said news reports Brown was sidelined in the settlement negotiations were false.
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Chesley maintains he was a mere hired gun, involved in the case only to lead the settlement negotiations.
Even the settlement negotiations were surreptitiously taped and made public as well.
It's an about-face from Macmillan's initial stance in settlement negotiations, when it claimed that the DoJ's terms were far too onerous.
But Picard has so far played it tough in settlement negotiations.
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.
By telling the U.S. and Apple her thoughts on the matter so clearly, one could argue that she has given the U.S. more leverage in settlement negotiations.
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News Corp. didn't affirm or deny these claims during settlement negotiations with claimants, according to a lawyer for plaintiffs, but in December the company agreed to calculate compensation under the assumption that such actions occurred.
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"We have tried to reach a settlement through good faith negotiations and regret that our efforts have been in vain, " Neil Aspinall --who heads Apple Corps--was quoted as saying in a media report.
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.
Michael Moore is right to point out that the settlement which emerged from any negotiations between Edinburgh and London might diverge from the original expectations in Scotland.
Two decades of on-off negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian Authority have failed to produce a permanent settlement, with the latest round of direct negotiations breaking down in 2010.
Negotiations on a separate settlement over foreclosures with attorneys-general from all 50 states continue and could yet result in big financial penalties.
Peace talks broke down over the issue of settlements in 2010 and Palestinians have refused to resume negotiations unless Israel freezes settlement building first.
Furthermore, he did not demand from Israel that it stops settlement activity in order to have successful negotiations.
Yasser Abed-Rabbo, an aide Abbas, said before the meeting that the Palestinians will tell Obama they won't return to negotiations with Israel without a settlement freeze.
When Ehud Olmert, Israel's previous prime minister, embarked on direct negotiations with the Palestinians, settlement construction was concentrated within or close to the likely borders of Jewish territory, on the assumption that other land would be evacuated.
President Bill Clinton in his final days in office brokered negotiations that yielded a final settlement offer from former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak that ceded large portions of the West Bank and Gaza to the Palestinians, but Arafat effectively rejected it.
Another reason for a peace settlement, according to Americans close to the negotiations, is a desire on the part of Taliban leaders for international recognition as a political group.
After an out-of-court settlement was announced, subsequent requests for more details about the negotiations under the Freedom of Information Act were rejected by the city council.
Now, I cannot impose such negotiations or, certainly, the terms of a final settlement on the parties.
Palestinian officials want all settlement activity in the West Bank to stop before they return to negotiations with Israel.
But that isn't likely now because any settlement of the tax probe is complicated by U.S. negotiations with Swiss authorities over U.S. demands for access to client information.
Almost immediately after the settlement, the Winklevosses complained that Facebook left out important information during the negotiations, which resulted in them receiving fewer Facebook shares than they might have.
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He has however urged a resumption of negotiations without preconditions, rejecting Palestinian demands for a complete halt to settlement activity first.
And Turkey, which has yet to receive the go-ahead even to begin negotiations, was dismayed that the commission linked its membership to a settlement of the Cyprus dispute.
As part of a final peace settlement, Israel must have secure and recognized borders, which should emerge from negotiations between the parties in accordance with UNSC Resolutions 242 and 338.
Given the limited amount of evidence-gathering, the judge said, the court could abandon the usual deference given to settlements reached in arms-length negotiations. (Judges have their own conflict here: a settlement gets the litigation out of their court, while challenging it guarantees more time wasted on a trivial matter).
As Chrysler's senior vice president of labor relations, he'd spent much of the past week in round-the-clock contract negotiations with union leaders in Toledo, Ohio, and still there was no settlement.
But after a night of negotiations, Mr Woodford's lawyer told the employment tribunal judge that they had reached a settlement - likely to be worth millions - and that final agreement would depend on ratification by the Olympus board at a meeting on 8 June.
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