Criticism continues to mount (“shameful,” “excessive”) over lawyers’ effort to nab $223 million in fees for representing Indian tribes’ interest in the long-running Cobell litigation over management of trust funds. [BLT (quoting former Sen. Byron Dorgan, D-N.D.), and more (DoJ); PoL; earlier here and here (Kilpatrick Stockton lawyer Keith Harper considered for Tenth Circuit appointment)]
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Around the web, March 1…
Post-trial decision in Vivendi shareholder class-action applies Morrison to throw out most of the claims. [Trask] Link roundup on Cobell fee-grab attempt. [Overlawyered; earlier] Classmates.com is no more, but they still have a class action to deal wit…