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Settlements

  1. Trump Gave Putin a Message to Pass Along to the PalestiniansPutin as middleman in the Middle East? What could go wrong?
    By Ed Kilgore
  2. Trump Throws Curveball at Bibi, Urging No ‘Unilateral’ Action on SettlementsNobody knows why, but a “senior administration official” is telling Israelis the boss still wants a two-state solution and no trouble on settlements.
    By Ed Kilgore
  3. Trump Picks Lawyer Who Likens Liberal Jews to ‘Kapos’ As Israel AmbassadorDavid Friedman says Jews who oppose the occupation of the West Bank are worse than those who aided the Nazis. He opposes the two-state solution.
    By Eric Levitz
  4. Judge Okays Nearly $15 Billion Settlement in VW Emissions ScandalOne of the largest settlements ever for an automaker.
    By Jen Kirby
  5. Obama Administration Says Netanyahu Broke Promise With New SettlementLast month, the United States pledged $38 billion in aid to the Israeli military.
    By Eric Levitz
  6. Goldman Can Deduct Much Of Its $5 Billion FineFor fraudulent behavior that helped create the financial crisis, the bank will pay roughly $4 billion and face no legal consequences.
    By Eric Levitz
  7. Staten Island Hospital to Pay Eric Garner’s Family $1 MillionParamedics and emergency technicians were suspended at the time. 
    By Samuel Lieberman
  8. A Few Bad Cops Cost the Chicago P.D. MillionsOne hundred twenty-four cops account for a third of all settlements paid.
    By Samuel Lieberman
  9. crime and punishment
    New York City Settles Eric Garner Case for $5.9 Million Days before the first anniversary of his death.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  10. dallas ebola patient
    Dallas Ebola Victim’s Family Reaches a Settlement With HospitalThe undisclosed sum will go to his family and to a foundation to fight Ebola in Liberia.
    By Jen Kirby
  11. occupy everything
    City Settles With Occupy Wall Street Protesters for $583,000It’s the movement’s largest settlement so far.
    By Caroline Bankoff
  12. occupy wall street lawsuits
    NYPD Raid on Occupy Wall Street Just Cost the City $350,000And something approaching an apology.
    By Adam Martin
  13. put a lawsuit on it
    Subway Dancing Settlement Shines Light on City’s ‘Litigation Lottery’Settlements are up 35 percent in two years.
    By Delia Paunescu
  14. epic disasters
    BP to Pay Largest Criminal Fine Ever in Oil-Spill Settlement [Updated]The company has agreed to plead guilty to criminal charges.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  15. settlements
    J. Ezra Merkin Agrees to $410 Million Madoff SettlementThe ex–money manager’s funds funneled at least $2 billion to Madoff.
    By Andre Tartar
  16. BP Reaches Nearly $8 Billion Gulf-Spill SettlementShould avoid lengthy, costly legal process.
    By Andre Tartar
  17. foreclosure crisis
    Banks Agree to $26 Billion Settlement for Defrauding Homeowners [Updated]New York State attorney general Eric Schneiderman had been one of the final hold-outs.
    By Brett Smiley and Joe Coscarelli
  18. settlements
    City to Pay Out $7 Million in Sean Bell Shooting CaseMarks end to four-year legal battle.
    By Josh Duboff
  19. settlements
    Judge Approves ‘Not Perfect’ Settlement for Ground Zero WorkersJudge calls deal “fair, adequate, and reasonable.”
    By Josh Duboff
  20. settlements
    Ground Zero Workers Get a Bigger SettlementUp from $657 million to $712 million.
    By Josh Duboff
  21. settlements
    City to Pay Largest Personal Settlement Ever Over False ImprisonmentBobby Gibbs served nineteen years for murder he didn’t commit.
    By Josh Duboff