1.   The settlement terms only apply to Los Angeles County.

2.   All that, though, is water under the bridge, and middleware now plays a different role in the debate about settlement terms.

3.   Both sides have agreed to the settlement terms, Rubin said, and have informally notified the Supreme Court.

4.   But he added that the certainty offered by the settlement terms could have a powerful effect.

5.   Critics of the settlement terms remained vehement in their opposition, however.

6.   He criticized the fact that the settlement terms emphasize higher prices on cigarettes and large payouts, and not enough to lower the number of smokers.

7.   In an extraordinary clause in the nine-page settlement agreement, the two sides agreed to a mutual gag order that bars any public discussion of settlement terms.

8.   In the Mellon lawsuit, the Virginia couple said the settlement terms were too favorable to the mortgage company and the lawyers, without providing enough for Mellon customers.

9.   Mehri maintains that once the settlement terms are public, plaintiffs and employees will be pleased.

10.   Ms. Molinari had a multiyear contract, but the settlement terms were not disclosed.