In re World Trade Center Disaster Site Litigation

ORDER ACCEPTING REPORT OF SPECIAL COUNSEL AND PROVIDING FOR EFFECTIVENESS OF SETTLEMENT

ALVIN K. HELLERSTEIN, District Judge:

I conducted a hearing on December 22, 2010, to consider and regulate two issues necessary to be resolved to consummate the Affirmation of Final Settlement as provided by § XXII of the Settlement Process Agreement, As Amended (“SPA”): (1) the report by the Special Counsel, appointed by my Order of November 24, 2010, concerning the intentions of persons on the Eligible Plaintiffs List (“EPL”) of the SPA (a) to enter into the settlement, (b) to opt out of the settlement and…