The U.S. Senate is poised to vote soon on a jobs-and-tax package that would also authorize a settlement in long-running litigation over American Indian trust accounts. Still to be decided: what the cap will be for attorney fees in that case. Lawyers in the case agreed to cap fees at $100 million, but Sen. John Barrasso is proposing to set the cap at $50 million. The settlement, signed in December but requiring congressional authorization, includes $1.41 billion in payouts.
June 14, 2010 at 12:00 AM
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The U.S. Senate is poised to vote soon on a jobs-and-tax package that would also authorize a settlement in long-running litigation over American Indian trust accounts. Still to be decided: what the cap will be for attorney fees in that case.
Lawyers in the case, named for lead plaintiff Elouise Cobell, agreed to cap fees at $100 million. Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., is proposing to set the cap at $50 million, and he introduced an amendment (PDF) last week to do so.
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