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In death, Michael Jackson once again is getting the most out of Branca, highlighted by a record-setting $275 million in first-year posthumous earnings

Branca was in, he was out, and he was in again. But the relationship would never be the same — over money

Part 3: Put together by his superlawyer, John Branca, the bid, at $47.5 million, was the richest ever — with a few personal bonuses to sweeten the pot

Second in a series: John G. Branca is a kingmaker whose greatest creation well may be himself

Part 1: The superlawyer who now rules Jackson’s estate once tried to profit from selling his prized possession to an investment bank