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Reports that `Union-News' newspaper's lawsuit seeking information about a settlement between officials in Springfield, Massachusetts and a traffic accident victim has ended. Disclosure by the city of the amount of settlement that the family of Benjamin Schoolfield got from the city; Judge Peter A. Velis' ruling that the newspaper was entitled to the information.

Reports on freelancers' lawsuit against the `The Boston Globe.' Proposed agreement seeking broad rights to publish their past and future material without additional payment; Dismissal of freelancers who refuse to sign the agreement; Practices of other metropolitan dailies regarding the copyright of their freelancers.