71.   Ultimately the cities that decide to sue may band together and begin settlement negotiations with gun makers, just as the states did with cigarette makers.

72.   Whoever takes part in the settlement negotiations, the sessions are likely to be tense.

73.   Posner refereed a failed round of settlement negotiations between the company and the government.

74.   Although welcoming the accord, the SNB stressed in a statement that it was not involved in the settlement negotiations.

75.   Assemblyman Richard Brodsky of Westchester County fought a request by Con Ed on Tuesday to delay the discovery process while settlement negotiations begin.

76.   Bruce Kaster, a Florida lawyer who represented a handful of families in settlement negotiations with Ford, said the Bailey case will be watched closely.

77.   But VW board member Klaus Liesen said the automaker would only enter settlement negotiations if no conditions were set ahead of time.

78.   Church officials and Padraic Ferry, a Dublin attorney who was understood to be involved in the settlement negotiations, refused to comment.

79.   Domingo said the mediation will be different from earlier settlement negotiations because the Swiss banks now will be directly involved.

80.   He would not comment on the impact on overall settlement negotiations.