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Jul. 13, 2017

Judge lets SpaceX settlement leave launching pad

A putative employment class action that showcased a novel defense from Space Exploration Technologies Corp. and nine amended complaints was preliminarily approved for settlement Wednesday by a judge.

Judge lets SpaceX settlement leave launching pad
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LOS ANGELES — A class action that showcased a novel defense from Space Exploration Technologies Corp. and nine amended complaints was preliminarily approved for settlement Wednesday by a judge.

Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Elihu M. Berle repeatedly murmured in a gravelly voice that the $772,000 settlement between SpaceX and 124 fired technicians, “was in pretty good shape” and needed only for plaintiffs to elaborate on how...

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