The four cases were among the last remaining suits being settled on behalf of 95 people killed or injured in the crashes of the four planes into the World Trade Center towers, the Pentagon, and the field in Shanksville, Pa., in 2001.
After the report was published in 2000, there were 140 compensation claims settled on behalf of the victims, and numerous recommendations about children in care homes.
He ruled that the law is very clear that it is Picard's job to settle claims on behalf of the Madoff victims and that other victims cannot bring their own lawsuits.
The estate of Kenneth L. Lay, who died after being convicted of heading a fraud that led to the collapse of Enron, agreed to pay $12 million to settle claims on behalf of participants in company pension plans, the Labor Department said yesterday.
Another messy, unspoken hurdle to trudge past is Obama's recent comments to The Atlantic magazine, in which he said Saudi Arabia and its nemesis Iran need to "share the neighborhood" rather than expect the United States to use its military power to settle scores on behalf of its Gulf allies.
Many lawmakers accused the commission of settling scores on behalf of the Shiite-dominated parties, at the behest of Iran.
