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"&lt;img vspace=\"0\" hspace=\"0\" border=\"0\" align=\"right\" alt=\"Michael Jackson\" src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2009/11/17/michael_jackson_getty_52105837_ex-1.jpg\" title=\"MJ Estate Pounded by New Creditor's Claim\" /&gt;Get your currency converters out -- the law firm that filed the latest creditor's claim against &lt;strong&gt;Michael Jackson&lt;/strong&gt;'s estate wants to get paid in pounds. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The firm of &lt;strong&gt;Arnold &amp;amp; Porter&lt;/strong&gt; -- which has an office in London -- just filed papers in L.A. County Superior Court, claiming MJ owes them for legal services rendered between February and June of '09.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The total bill: &amp;pound;103,179.10. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;And this is interesting&lt;/strong&gt;: In the docs, it shows Michael initially hired the firm in connection with a \"dispute with &lt;strong&gt;Abdulla Bin Hamad Bin Isa Al-Khalifa&lt;/strong&gt;\" -- the son of the &lt;strong&gt;King of Bahrain&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The sheikh sued Michael in 2008 for $7 million -- after Michael allegedly accepted a bunch of money and perks from the sheikh in exchange for two new albums.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The case was settled shortly after.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;\n&lt;div class=\"related\"&gt;\n&lt;h3&gt;&lt;span&gt;See Also&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;\n&lt;ul&gt;\n    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=\"http://www.tmz.com/2009/10/16/michael-jackson-allgood-estate-lawsuit/\"&gt;AllGood Socks Jackson Estate Hard&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;\n    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=\"http://www.tmz.com/2009/07/31/aeg-ready-to-fork-over-90-000-today/\"&gt;AEG Ready to Fork over $90,000 Today&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;\n&lt;/ul&gt;\n&lt;/div&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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