A judge in Oklahoma on Monday ordered Hamm to pay his wife $323 million before the end of 2014 and another $7 million a month for the next 93 months. The judgment is far less than the $6 billion Sue Ann Hamm argued she was due. The court decision means that Hamm will retain ownership and control of Continental, the oil and gas company he founded in 1967.
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Baker Botts and V&E Advise on $1.15 Billion Pipeline Deal
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Declining Oil Prices = Decline in Oil Patch M&A
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