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ROUND TWO: Irvine Co. owner Donald Bren...

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ROUND TWO: Irvine Co. owner Donald Bren and Irvine heiress Joan Irvine Smith continue their court battle in Michigan today (D1), the second but probably much shorter phase of a 7-year bout. . . . Referee Robert B. Webster, a former Michigan judge, considered his decision for a year before awarding Smith $149 million last June for her Irvine Co. stock. But this time the issue is simpler--how much interest Smith has coming--and Webster won’t be distracted by a now-finished term as president of the state bar association.

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