Complex sentence: One was from a Dallas law firm that hadn't been paid for legal work done during Spano's abortive deal for the Stars; another was from a South African cookware maker that claimed Spano had misled them into thinking he'd won them a partnership with Nordstrom.
Split into simpler sentences: One was from a Dallas law firm that hadn't been paid for legal work done during Spano's abortive deal for the Stars. Another was from a South African cookware maker that claimed Spano had misled them into thinking he'd won them a partnership with Nordstrom.