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RETURN ENGAGEMENT – Alex Kozinski abruptly retired from the Ninth Circuit about two years ago amid allegations of harassment and sexual misconduct. Now, the former chief judge is set to return to the court on Monday as the lawyer for the son of Pulitzer Prize-winning author Paul Zindel, who is seeking to revive a copyright lawsuit against the filmmakers behind the Academy Award-winning film “The Shape of Water.” As Ross Todd reports, Kozinski’s client claims the filmmakers lifted multiple copyright-protected elements of Zindel’s play “Let Me Hear You Whisper.”