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: CL&P BlogFifth Circuit Disapproves of Secret Class Action Fees
By Greg Beck
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by Greg Beck
The Decision of the Day covers an interesting Fifth Circuit decision about secret fees in class action settlements. In In re High Sulfer Content Gasoline Products Liability Litigation, Shell Oil had agreed to pay $3.7 million to class members and almost double that as attorneys' fees. To divide up the fees among the 32 firms and 72 lawyers involved in the case, the district court appointed a five-member fee committee, which proceeded to award more than half the fees to its own mem read more
Full post as published by CL&P Blog on February 07, 2008 (boomark / email).
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