Two lawyers who are waging a challenge to the massive $567 million attorney fee award in the fen-phen diet-drug litigation faced a barrage of aggressive questions Wednesday in an hour-long argument before the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
Attorney Brian S. Riepen of Dallas contends he was unfairly forced to contribute to the fee award from the fees he had earned through clients who opted out of the fen-phen settlement — despite the fact that he never took advantage of the joint discovery conducted by the class action lawyers.
This content has been archived. It is available through our partners, LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law.
To view this content, please continue to their sites.
Not a Lexis Subscriber?
Subscribe Now
Not a Bloomberg Law Subscriber?
Subscribe Now
LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law are third party online distributors of the broad collection of current and archived versions of ALM's legal news publications. LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law customers are able to access and use ALM's content, including content from the National Law Journal, The American Lawyer, Legaltech News, The New York Law Journal, and Corporate Counsel, as well as other sources of legal information.
For questions call 1-877-256-2472 or contact us at [email protected]
