Onlookers crowded the aisles and doorway of the Manhattan courtroom of Justice Eileen Bran­sten on October 5. The New York state court judge normally wouldn’t have allowed a standing room audience. But with lawyers, investors, and court watchers coming from as far away as San Francisco and Cleveland to squeeze into room 442 at 60 Centre Street, Bransten made an exception. After all, she said, her ruling would have “a major impact on lots of people.”

If anything, her words were an understatement.

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