U.S., Canadian courts begin unusual trial over Nortel billions
May 12, 2014 at 13:40 PM EDT
WILMINGTON, Del, May 12 (Reuters) - Judges in Wilmington, Delaware, and Toronto jointly kicked off a novel cross-border trial on Monday to divvy up the $7.3 billion that was raised in the liquidation of once-mighty telecoms equipment maker Nortel Networks, which went bust in 2009.