The school system looks to get a ten-figure lump-sum settlement to rebuild school properties across the city.

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The debt relief company would (eventually) use those savings to make a lump sum settlement for far less than the total amount due.

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Irwin Mitchell said the council had now agreed to pay her a five-figure sum in settlement of her claim for damages for her pain and suffering, loss of earnings and ongoing psychotherapy.

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They had agreed to pay Los Angeles-based Quinn Emanuel 20% of the total sum of their settlement with Facebook.

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But you still have yet to explain why News International arrived at a settlement sum that was so out of keeping with those negotiated in similar invasion-of-privacy cases.

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The settlement Mr Tapie received is believed to be a far greater sum than he would likely have received from the courts.

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No billionaire divorce settlement Forbes has uncovered over our years of tracking the super-wealthy comes close to that sum.

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