opt-out clause

He was released on August 7, exercising an opt-out clause.

The others agreed on an opt-out clause for Britain.

But he declined to say that he wouldn't use the opt-out clause.

Britain negotiated an opt-out clause in the treaty that does not require it to join.

The team is concerned that he will exercise his opt-out clause and relinquish the final two seasons, worth $17 million.

He exercised a roundly forgotten opt-out clause in his contract.

None of them has been met, yet today he says that he would have signed up to a single currency without any opt-out clause.

The new agreement runs for ten years, and is reported to be fixed without an opt-out clause for either side.

The last thing Alex Rodriguez needs right now is the opt-out clause in his contract.

Garnett's contract runs through the 2008-9 season but contains an opt-out clause that he can exercise next summer.

To take care of these religious principled objections, the Dutch system provides a special opt-out clause.

Ellis, who was with Denver for two seasons, had exercised an opt-out clause in his contract, making him a free agent.

"With an opt-out clause, the problem doesn't necessarily disappear.

Sakiewicz said the club has an opt-out clause that would enable it to start the 2005 season in Harrison.

Grabbing a begrudged compromise here; clutching an opt-out clause there.

But it would be in his best interests to rewrite it and take out the opt-out clause.

The agreement included an opt-out clause known as "six minus x" which allowed individual countries temporary exemptions.

Sweden does not have an opt-out clause.

How can we expect governments that have already said that they will use the opt-out clause to agree tomorrow to allow us equality?

Although the order included an opt-out clause for parents, lawmakers condemned the governor's action as an overstepping of executive authority.

He is not bothered by members of ownership distracting the organization or third basemen with opt-out clauses.

At issue was an opt-out clause that will allow Dudley, a former Net center, to declare himself a free agent next year.

Now agent and club officials moved toward an agreement, throwing out the early opt-out clauses, adding more money to the later years of a 10-year contract.

The opt-out clause, which is a disgraceful practice, invalidates everything that the trade union movement has managed to achieve over the past centuries.

If there is no valid opt-out clause, the defendant cannot take advantage of the affirmative defense of an "established business relationship."