UPDATE 1-Madoff trustee cannot block $410 mln Merkin accord -judge

A federal judge blocked the trustee seeking money for Bernard Madoff's victims from interfering with New York state's $410 million settlement with Ezra Merkin, a Wall Street hedge fund manager accused of steering client money to the swindler.

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