"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.
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.
The goal is to strongarm Chevron into a settlement just to make the whole mess go away.
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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.
Ministers authorised a multi-million pound settlement to make the men drop their cases and so prevent any documents seeing the light of day.
In recent months, hedge fund critics have raised the issues of aggressive short-selling, hedge fund collusion with research analysts to manipulate a stock to their benefit, and short-sellers who skirt rules on stock settlement and clearing to make profits.
Without extra funds from government to support the pay settlement, councils would have to make savings elsewhere.
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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The law minister said this was also an attempt to make it possible for the parties to reach an informal settlement outside the court.
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 state's Law Minister, P Chandrashekhar, told the BBC that he wanted to make it easier for parties to reach an informal compromise or settlement out of court, especially because legal proceedings could drag on for many years.
But they are also putting pressure on Israel to make concessions, as well, especially when it comes to its aggressive settlement policy in the West Bank.
Since then, there has been a steady increase in exchanges between sinologists studying Shanghai's Jewish community, and the local academics who are trying to make sense of the odd little Jewish settlement that flourished in their midst.
As part of the settlement, the company has to make a series of improvements to the safety and emergency responses on its rigs.
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.
One of the most common and critical mistakes you can make during your divorce is to accept the first settlement proposal in the hopes of getting this over with as quickly as possible.
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.
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.
However, after the cap on swipe fees, Visa will try to maintain the current level of authorization and settlement fee make up for the lost revenues on debit card fees.
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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.
The settlement requires Facebook to take several steps to make sure it lives up to its promises in the future, including by giving consumers clear and prominent notice and obtaining their express consent before sharing their information beyond their privacy settings, by maintaining a comprehensive privacy program to protect consumers' information, and by obtaining biennial privacy audits from an independent third party.
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Thus perhaps best for Apple to reach an agreement with Proview and make some form of cash settlement.
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For years that meant states used the settlement cash they received in excess of what they needed to make interest payments to pay down principal.
Officials from the Antiguan government will make their plea before the WTO's dispute settlement body on Monday to get "final authorisation" to set up the site, Mark Mendel, a lawyer representing the island nation told the BBC.
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.
The FDIC contends that IndyMac lawyers had already agreed to those terms before it stepped in and took the case, and says it would make settlement information available if an inquiry was made.
The settlement is part of the FTC's ongoing efforts make sure companies live up to the privacy promises they make to consumers, and is the largest penalty the agency has ever obtained for a violation of a Commission order.
The Commission statement affirmed that, based on the extensive investigation of the staff, there is a strong reason to believe that the settlement is in the public interest, and that the Order's provisions make clear that Facebook will be liable for a broad range of deceptive conduct.
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But not only was the firm allowed to keep doing business with the city, the administration went out of its way to make sure it could bid on the next prison contract, which was due in August, weeks after the settlement.
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