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Sue, the Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton, is shown at the Field Museum in 2018. For years, Sue was at the center of a legal battle, and the latest dispute involves who inherits what's left of the money created by the sale of Sue. – AP Photo/Teresa Crawford, file

Proceeds from sale of Sue the T-rex at center of inheritance dispute

For years, the massive mostly-intact dinosaur skeleton that came to be known as Sue the T-rex and displayed at Chicago’s Field Museum was at the center of a legal battle. The latest dispute involves who inherits what’s left of the money created by the sale of Sue.
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Departing road safety chief says agency is equipped to regulate high-tech vehicles

In the past 15 months, no one has been more responsible for safety on the nation’s roads than Ann Carlson. For much of that time she has served as acting administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, where she started as chief counsel in 2021.
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Justice Joy V. Cunningham translates varied career roles to court insights

Viewing the state Supreme Court as a “gatekeeper of democracy,” Justice Joy V. Cunningham is seeking to retain her seat amid a faceoff with 1st District Appellate Court Justice Jesse G. Reyes.

Trial Notebook

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Judge seeks help on interference by subsidiary in diversity case

In a diversity case governed by Indiana law, a federal judge in Fort Wayne had to figure out whether a corporate subsidiary can be held liable for tortiously interfering “with the contracts and business relationships of another corporate subsidiary when both subsidiaries are owned by the same corporate parent.”

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