A U.S. lawyer representing Nazi-era slave workers demanding compensation from some of Germany’s largest firms said Tuesday he doubted a settlement could be reached this year. The companies’ belief that a compensation fund would shield them from all future claims could be an obstacle to reaching an agreement soon, Melvyn Weiss said before talks in Bonn that included lawyers for the firms, Chancellery Minister Bodo Hombach and U.S. Undersecretary of State Stuart Eizenstat.
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