More than 30 law firms have asked a federal judge to award them legal fees and costs associated with a $14.7 billion class action settlement with Volkswagen A.G., most filing after an order last week that barred attorneys from submitting liens against their clients’ awards.

The firms seeking fees are independent from those on the plaintiffs’ steering committee that negotiated the settlement, which U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer of the Northern District of California in San Francisco approved on Oct. 25.

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