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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Paramount paid $16 million to the Trump Library fund to settle a lawsuit Trump filed against it, following itsCBS’s 60 Minutes interview with Kamala Harris last year, which her then-campaign rival, Trump, did not like.
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Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Time, 7 July 2025
The company also entered mediation to try and settle a lawsuit by U.S. President Donald Trump against CBS, reportedly offering $15 million to settle.
—Reuters, NBC news, 6 June 2025
Internet service provider Frontier Communications agreed to settle a lawsuit filed by major record labels that demanded mass disconnections of broadband users accused of piracy.
—ArsTechnica, 2 June 2025
El Paso County paid $2.5 million to settle a lawsuit over a 48-year-old man’s death in the jail three years ago, attorneys for his family announced Wednesday.
—Shelly Bradbury, Denver Post, 22 May 2025
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Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Time, 7 July 2025
The company also entered mediation to try and settle a lawsuit by U.S. President Donald Trump against CBS, reportedly offering $15 million to settle.
—Reuters, NBC news, 6 June 2025
Internet service provider Frontier Communications agreed to settle a lawsuit filed by major record labels that demanded mass disconnections of broadband users accused of piracy.
—ArsTechnica, 2 June 2025
El Paso County paid $2.5 million to settle a lawsuit over a 48-year-old man’s death in the jail three years ago, attorneys for his family announced Wednesday.
—Shelly Bradbury, Denver Post, 22 May 2025
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“Settle a lawsuit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/settle%20a%20lawsuit. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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