(December 29, 2017, 10:08 AM EST) -- NEW YORK — A New York federal judge on Dec. 14 ordered that a class action settlement reached with the officers of an energy firm and its underwriters in relation to the offering of $40 million in preferred stock from the company receive final approval and that the claimants be awarded fees (Vaccaro v. New Source Energy Partners, L.P., No. 15-8954, S.D. N.Y., 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 205785)....