The voluntary settlement with the Justice Department resolves a 13-month investigation into Runyon's participation in discussions about a proposal to put Coca-Cola Co . vending machines in 40, 000 post office lobbies.
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After a two-hour meeting, Lee issued a statement saying the Justice Department was " willing to defer filing suit to allow the city the opportunity to work toward a voluntary settlement ."
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Asked about the report, Justice Department spokeswoman Carole Florman said Reno remained open to a voluntary settlement, but declined to discuss whether she has made any decision about forcibly removing the boy.
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"I've been given an assignment before, " said Usery, " but never have I been given such a strong request to get a voluntary settlement . . . I've listened to the President.
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Curtis L . Wagner, an administrative law judge for the federal agency who presided over the settlement talks, said Monday that the negotiations failed to reach the comprehensive, voluntary settlement he had sought.
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When some of the fees earmarked for the initiative were misappropriated by San Francisco restaurants, he convinced some of the restaurants to participate in a voluntary settlement program that recovered $ 844, 000 for their employees.
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Nov . 19 _ Jackson appoints Richard Posner, chief judge for the 7th U . S . Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago, as a mediator to oversee voluntary settlement talks between the government and Microsoft.
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_Nov . 19 : Jackson appoints Richard Posner, chief judge for the 7th U . S . Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago, as a mediator to oversee voluntary settlement talks between the government and Microsoft.
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The monitoring is a product of the PDE addressing its voluntary settlement in Gaskin V Pennsylvania which ordered that special education students spend most of their school day in regular education classrooms with supplementary aids and services to assist.
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The Justice Department stands ready to file a police misconduct lawsuit against the city of Los Angeles, U . S . officials said Monday, but will give city authorities time to try to work out a voluntary settlement instead.
