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The article reports on the preliminary approval given by Judge James V. Selna of U.S. District Court on the settlement deal worth $1 billion between Toyota Motor and plaintiffs, after the recall of various cars from Toyota.

The article reports on the $9.7 million lawsuit filed by 10 disabled people against New York City for its role in overseeing the foster care system that allowed them to be adopted and abused by Judith Leekin. It says that the city admitted no misconduct as described in the documents filed in the U.S. District Court. Furthermore, it notes that $6 million was designated for two plaintiffs place directly with Ms. Leekin and the remaining funds will be distributed to other eight plaintiffs.

The trustee for Bernard L. Madoff's fraud victims said on Thursday that he had overestimated how much his recovery efforts would be affected by a court ruling this week in his case against the owners of the New York Mets. The practical effect of the ruling, released on Tuesday by Judge Jed S. Rakoff of United States District Court in Manhattan, will be to reduce the amount of money the trustee, Irving H. Picard, can seek in court by $6.2 billion -- not by $11 billion, as the trustee's lawyers reported on Wednesday. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]