A federal justice on Thursday order...

A federal justice on Thursday ordered that media baron Conrad Black employment $1 million in cash to further fast a $20 million bond he has with the court.

U District arbiter Amy St. Eve ordered the increase after seeing the revised financial statements filed from Black last month. The additional riches means Black has an estimated $30 million in one's own and cash to secure his connection The property is tied to a Palm Beach, Fla., fireside

Meanwhile, in succession Thursday, St. Eve told defense lawyers and the dominion to stop the "tit-for-tat" bickering in court filings.

"What you're doing is really not effective," St edge said. "I really encourage you to stop."

Prosecutors last week accused Black of repeatedly lying about his finances and demanded a cloyed accounting of his and his wife's finances. In a revised affidavit filed last month Black reported having millions more invested in a Canadian company and disclosed for the first time that Barbara Amiel Black loaned him $23 million between January and April.

This week, Black's lawyers shooter back: "The government's performance is shameful," and called rule filings an "inaccurate press release masquerading as a federal court pleading."

St edge denied the request for the dominion to see Barbara Amiel Black's finances. Black, 61 is charged with helping steal $84 million from Hollinger International, which is now the Sun-Times Media dispose Inc. -- the company that admits the Chicago Sun-Times and other newspapers. Black is rely uponed to go to trial in March.

"I'm glad the referee chastised us," said Marc Martin, the same of Black's lawyers. "Now this nonsense will stop, and we can obtain on with the real issues with this case."

nkorecki@suntimes.com

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