The federal judge presiding over the case, Judge Victor Marrero, must sign off on the settlement.
Early last week, several smaller firms seemed reluctant to sign off on the settlement, one person close to the talks said.
The tribes must sign off on the settlement, along with 30 other entities including Congress and the president, before the bill becomes law.
The union is expected to approve the agreement, as is the Board of Education, which is scheduled to sign off on the settlement on Wednesday night, Mr. Naples said.
And then Mr. Cuomo won a $60 bet with Mr. Shultz by persuading about 15 of the local governments to sign off on the settlement.
Although about one-third of the union locals had still not signed off on the settlement last evening, the company and the union leaders said the 15-day strike was effectively over.
Yesterday was the long-awaited finale, as Judge Leonard B. Sand of United States District Court in Manhattan signed off on the settlement agreement that officials in Yonkers and the local N.A.A.C.P. president, Karen Edmonson, approved two weeks ago.
Mr. Muzzi and the other plaintiffs in the lawsuit -- 70 people who said they were abused and 16 relatives of people who say they are victims -- had signed off on the settlement.
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Judge David Folsom of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas (a notoriously patent-friendly state) signed off on the settlement Wednesday, effectively clearing Apple of the allegations.
