UPDATE 3-Judge accepts SAC guilty plea, approves $1.2 bln settlement
April 10, 2014 at 15:05 PM EDT
NEW YORK, April 10 (Reuters) - SAC Capital Advisors' $1.2 billion criminal settlement for insider trading received final court approval on Thursday, as a U.S. judge accepted a guilty plea from the hedge fund firm run by billionaire Steven A. Cohen.