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The Cobell attorneys' $123 million bait and switch

By Ted Frank

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POL discussed in January the attorneys who got Congress to pass authorization for a $3.4 billion settlement by promising to limit their fees to $99.9 million, and are now requesting $223 million. The request is drawing bipartisan opposition, according to Rob Capriccioso at Indian Country Today Media Network; his story quotes me extensively. (The Center for Class Action Fairness is not affiliated with the Manhattan Institute.)

Full post as published by Point of Law on February 23, 2011 (boomark / email).

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