A winning plaintiffs lawyer in a whistleblower suit -- who then had the whistle blown on him for creatively augmenting his fee -- is fighting a court order to give some of the money back. A New Jersey judge called "presumptively unreasonable" an agreement that gave John Donnelly not only statutory fees under the Conscientious Employee Protection Act but also a 50 percent share of damages recovered. Donnelly said he crafted the arrangement to finance a long-shot case.
July 14, 2006 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
A winning plaintiffs lawyer in a whistleblower suit — who then had the whistle blown on him for creatively augmenting his fee — is fighting a court order to give some of the money back.
An Atlantic County, N.J., judge called “presumptively unreasonable” an agreement that gave the lawyer not only statutory fees under the Conscientious Employee Protection Act but also a 50 percent share of damages recovered.
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