Say it ain’t so, Joe?
“A federal jury in Chicago ordered a prominent South Carolina law firm yesterday to pay $36 million to a former client for what the jury found was unethical conduct in a class-action lawsuit. The firm, Ness, Motley, Loadholt, Richardson & Poole, known for its lucrative work for plaintiffs in tobacco and asbestos cases, recently broke up.”
As Overlawyered.com summarizes, “[t]he law firm negotiated a settlement (over the objection of its clients, which it fired at the behest of the defendant) with a convicted felon with tens of millions in frozen assets that gave the firm $2 million in fees, but ‘next to no compensation’ for the ostensible injured parties.” The New York Times has the story here.
“A federal jury in Chicago ordered a prominent South Carolina law firm yesterday to pay $36 million to a former client for what the jury found was unethical conduct in a class-action lawsuit. The firm, Ness, Motley, Loadholt, Richardson & Poole, known for its lucrative work for plaintiffs in tobacco and asbestos cases, recently broke up.”
As Overlawyered.com summarizes, “[t]he law firm negotiated a settlement (over the objection of its clients, which it fired at the behest of the defendant) with a convicted felon with tens of millions in frozen assets that gave the firm $2 million in fees, but ‘next to no compensation’ for the ostensible injured parties.” The New York Times has the story here.
Say it ain’t so, Joe?
“A federal jury in Chicago ordered a prominent South Carolina law firm yesterday to pay $36 million to a former client for what the jury found was unethical conduct in a class-action lawsuit. The firm, Ness, Motley, Loadholt, Richardson & Poole, known for its lucrative work for plaintiffs in tobacco and asbestos cases, recently broke up.”
As Overlawyered.com summarizes, “[t]he law firm negotiated a settlement (over the objection of its clients, which it fired at the behest of the defendant) with a convicted felon with tens of millions in frozen assets that gave the firm $2 million in fees, but ‘next to no compensation’ for the ostensible injured parties.” The New York Times has the story here.
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