Toyota Motor Corp. is in settlement talks with a former translator and self-described whistleblower who was sanctioned last month for posting on a blog internal documents related to its sudden acceleration defects.

In a court filing on Thursday, Toyota attorney Lisa Gilford and a lawyer for the translator, Betsy Benjaminson, said they “are actively negotiating a potential resolution to their differences regarding the documents.” They sought more time to file a proposed plan by Feb. 11 on how to destroy the documents.

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