A fight over legal fees that could exceed $450 million has gotten nastier. At a hearing Thursday, a Florida court was expected to rule on the award percentage that a group of attorneys would receive. But after lead trial counsel Eugene Stearns filed an emergency motion Wednesday alleging that "shocking" new facts about lawyer misconduct had surfaced, the court agreed to consider the evidence and set a May 3 hearing. The fee dispute stems from the $1.5 billion settlement of a class action against ExxonMobil.
April 28, 2006 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
The pit bull fight over hundreds of millions of dollars in legal fees stemming from the $1.5 billion settlement of the ExxonMobil class action case has gotten nastier.
At a hearing Thursday, U.S. District Judge Alan S. Gold was expected to rule on what percentage of the huge award the attorneys as a group would receive.
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