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JPMorgan Settles Lehman Claims: JPMorgan Chase & Co. will pay $1.42 billion in cash to the Lehman Brothers Holdings creditors, settling most of the remaining claims from the failed investment bank. In particular, the settlement relates to $6.3 billion of clearing-related claims and $2.3 billion of derivatives-related claims, two of the three major pieces of litigation pending between the two entities, the Financial Times noted. Lawyers for the estate of Lehman...