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A lawyer for Sam and Dee Wyly told U.S. Bankruptcy Chief Judge Barbara Houser that the tax evasion and tax fraud case brought by the Internal Revenue Service is nothing more than “a bunch of sound bites” and allegations that are not based on federal tax law.

Oil and gas heir Albert Hill Jr. must pay Dallas trial lawyer Gregory Shamoun $7.25 million for helping settle a lengthy and heated hundred-million-dollar inheritance dispute with his son, Al Hill III, the Dallas Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday. The appeals court ruled The trial court was wrong to rule that there was no evidence that Shamoun being paid what amounts to $48,000 an hour was illegally excessive.

A federal bankruptcy judge Wednesday approved the sale of Quicksilver Resources’ U.S. assets to Tulsa-based Bluestone Natural Resources II for $245 million.