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                    [Title] => Three law firms say Marcoses owe them $43 B
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Everybody wants it, including the lawyers.

At least three law firms are demanding a total of $43 billion, or about P1.7 trillion, from the heirs of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos.

They said they could be paid by tapping the $630-million escrow account at the Philippine National Bank (PNB).

In a related development, American human rights lawyer Robert Swift expressed fears yesterday that the Swiss courts may order the recall of the Marcos money held in escrow at the PNB if human rights victims are not compensated.

He said indemnifying the victims was one of the seve [DatePublished] => 2000-02-11 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096652 [AuthorName] => Delon Porcalla [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )

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                    [Title] => Three law firms say Marcoses owe them $43 B
                    [Summary] => 

Everybody wants it, including the lawyers.

At least three law firms are demanding a total of $43 billion, or about P1.7 trillion, from the heirs of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos.

They said they could be paid by tapping the $630-million escrow account at the Philippine National Bank (PNB).

In a related development, American human rights lawyer Robert Swift expressed fears yesterday that the Swiss courts may order the recall of the Marcos money held in escrow at the PNB if human rights victims are not compensated.

He said indemnifying the victims was one of the seve [DatePublished] => 2000-02-11 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096652 [AuthorName] => Delon Porcalla [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )

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