Liquidation

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Coldwater Conundrum

The money keeps rolling in for creditors of Howrey LLP, the Washington, D.C.-based law firm that went out of business in 2011.

In the latest settlement struck by Howrey trustee Allan Diamond, a group of former Howrey leaders and a law firm that initially advised the defunct firm on its bankruptcy have agreed to pay $1.85 million.