 When a private contract is terminated before its expiry date, private companies can sue local governments to receive compensation for the full profits granted under the contract.A private concessionaire in Arenys de Munt, Spain obstructed fiercely the remunicipalisation process by filing complaints against the city council.The city of Indianapolis, US was forced to pay a $29-million fee to French multinational Veolia to terminate the 20-year contract over a decade early.