A final settlement may not be reached until early next year, if at all, these people said.

She said a settlement had been reached with one author.

A settlement was reached during the first sitting of the court.

But I have decided to make every effort to reach a settlement.

The company reached a settlement with the women in 1991.

It took a year before a settlement was finally reached.

This month, a settlement was reached in which he would return more than $100,000 to the association.

In 2005, the government reached a settlement worth $25.5 million.

In that case, the company reached a $415 million settlement with its workers.

A separate settlement with the school has not yet been reached.