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Re: Settlements
From: |
Alexander Terekhov |
Subject: |
Re: Settlements |
Date: |
Fri, 26 Feb 2010 16:39:34 +0100 |
Hyman Rosen wrote:
>
> On 2/26/2010 10:29 AM, Alexander Terekhov wrote:
> >
> > Hyman Rosen wrote:
> >>
> >> On 2/26/2010 10:07 AM, Alexander Terekhov wrote:
> >>> When was the last time that plaintiffs in a GPL case filed a
> >>> (confidential) settlement to the court to be rolled into a
> >> > court order?
> >>
> >> What for?
> >
> > This is done so that the court which was initially assigned the case may
> > retain jurisdiction over it. The court is then free to modify its order
> > as necessary to achieve justice in the case, and a party that breaches
> > the settlement may be held in contempt of court, rather than facing only
> > a civil claim for the breach. In cases where confidentiality is required
> > by the parties, the court order may refer to another document which is
> > not disclosed, but which may be revealed to prove a breach of the
> > settlement.
> >
> > End Quote.
> >
> > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Settlement_(litigation)>
>
> Same source:
Uh moron Hyman.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Settlement_(litigation)#United_States>
> The settlement of the lawsuit defines legal requirements of the
> parties, and is often put in force by an order of the court after
> a joint stipulation by the parties. In other situations (as where
> the claims have been satisfied by the payment of a certain sum of
> money) the plaintiff and defendant can simply file a notice that
> the case has been dismissed.
>
> After each one of the SFLC's cases have ended, the defendants have
> made the GPLed sources properly available. So despite the settlement
> agreements not being filed with the court, the SFLC has achieved its
> desired outcome.
Take your meds Hyman. Take your meds.
regards,
alexander.
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- Re: Settlements, (continued)
- Re: Settlements, David Kastrup, 2010/02/27
- Re: Settlements, Hyman Rosen, 2010/02/26
- Re: Settlements, Hyman Rosen, 2010/02/26
- Re: Settlements, Alexander Terekhov, 2010/02/26
- Re: Settlements, Hyman Rosen, 2010/02/26
- Re: Settlements, Alexander Terekhov, 2010/02/26
- Re: Settlements, Hyman Rosen, 2010/02/26
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