NFL, Rams Settle Suit Over St. Louis Move for $790 Million (1)

The National Football League and the billionaire Rams owner Stan Kroenke agreed to a $790 million settlement of a lawsuit by St. Louis over the team’s move to Los Angeles five years ago, municipal officials said.

The accord, announced Wednesday, will avert a January trial in which the league was to face claims it violated its own relocation policy by authorizing Kroenke to take the Rams to the west coast. The trial threatened to spill confidential details about NFL finances into public view, including information about Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones and other prominent team owners.

St. Louis officials filed ...