(This story was updated on Aug. 25, 2016 to correct an error in the specific claims that Judge Janet Saunders will allow to be considered at trial. She will not allow John Lees' to argue that a 2013 federal civil lawsuit launched by Julius Numavicius-linked companies against Lees was an abuse of process.)

The arguments that John Lees can use at a trial against Lithuanian billionaire Julius Numavicius' Mar-Lees Seafood have been limited, but a judge ultimately allowed Lees' counter-claim to stand, court documents show [...]