You have to make some very difficult choices, understanding that this money does not require any victim to give up any rights or waive any rights they might otherwise have.

NPR: Managing The $30 Million 'One Fund' To Aid Boston Victims

Illinois courts have overturned one-sided postnups in which a wife agreed to waive her rights, he says.

FORBES: For Love And Money

Laid-off employees are now routinely asked to waive their rights under WARN in exchange for whatever severance they do get.

FORBES: Layoffs And Lawsuits

It also announced a mandatory arbitration clause, forcing users to waive their rights to participate in a class action lawsuit except under very limited circumstances.

FORBES: Instagram Hit With Class Action Lawsuit

The proposed terms, that did not require Ms. Pao to waive any legal rights or claims, are generous, fair and intended to support Ms. Pao in a successful career transition.

FORBES: Ellen Pao Says Kleiner Perkins Fired Her (Updated)

That conflict grew to unconscionable scale when lawyers cut a deal with Nextel to settle discrimination claims by 587 employees that included substantial bonus payments to the lawyers if they convinced their clients to waive important legal rights, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals recently ruled.

FORBES: Nextel Labor Settlement Was Great Deal For Lawyers, If Not Their Clients

"In the United States, generally, when you appeal a conviction, you waive your double jeopardy rights, and we permit retrials of people who have had their convictions reversed, at least on procedural grounds, " he said.

CNN: Experts disagree over extradition for Amanda Knox

These transactions were made possible by President Bush's 12 December 1990 decision to waive the Jackson-Vanik amendment which statutorily linked preferential trade status to respect for human rights.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Center For Security Policy