Comments on: Madison County lawyers get $84M, class members get $8M https://www.overlawyered.com/2004/04/madison-county-lawyers-get-84m-class-members-get-8m/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Mon, 05 Dec 2005 10:55:12 +0000 hourly 1 By: PointOfLaw Forum https://www.overlawyered.com/2004/04/madison-county-lawyers-get-84m-class-members-get-8m/comment-page-1/#comment-551 Mon, 05 Dec 2005 10:55:12 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/?p=924#comment-551 Speaking of slush funds

A loophole in Illinois campaign finance law allowed lawyers to funnel money to nonprofit groups that then funded Gordon Maag’s Supreme Court election campaign, while hiding the source of their funding. The Edwardsville-based “Justice For All Foundation…

]]> By: Spartacus https://www.overlawyered.com/2004/04/madison-county-lawyers-get-84m-class-members-get-8m/comment-page-1/#comment-550 Tue, 06 Apr 2004 09:01:23 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/?p=924#comment-550 The lawyers of Madison County

Overlawyered.com has found a good one; trial lawyers in a class action suit over the “exorbitant” rates charged for household telephone rentals pocketed $84.5 million in fees and expenses in a settlement that ultimately paid only $8.5 million in damage…

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