settle a lawsuit

idiom

: to end a lawsuit before the court makes a decision about it
They agreed to pay $100,000 to settle the lawsuit.

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Gemini to pay $5M to settle CFTC lawsuit Gemini Trust Company, a cryptocurrency exchange founded by Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, has agreed to pay $5 million to settle a lawsuit with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CTFC), Bloomberg reported. Julia Shapero, The Hill, 6 Jan. 2025 The conspiracy theory the company is responding to resurfaced last week after Apple agreed to pay $95 million to settle a lawsuit over users whose conversations were captured by its Siri voice assistant and potentially overheard by human employees. Richard Lawler, The Verge, 9 Jan. 2025 Apple has agreed to pay $95 million to settle a lawsuit alleging its voice assistant Siri violated user privacy, Reuters reports. Jibin Joseph, PCMAG, 2 Jan. 2025 Apple agreed to pay $95 million in cash to settle a lawsuit that alleges the tech giant recorded private conversations from people who used its voice assistant Siri without their consent. Queenie Wong, Los Angeles Times, 2 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for settle a lawsuit 

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“Settle a lawsuit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/settle%20a%20lawsuit. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.

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