LOS ANGELES � The $660 million record settlement announced last week between the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles and hundreds of alleged victims of sexual abuse includes a 40% cut for the plaintiffs’ law firms � all three dozen of them.

Nearly 100 lawyers represent 508 victims in the record settlement, which involves about the same number of lawyers on the other side defending the archdiocese, various religious orders, parishes, insurance companies or other parties in the cases.