Comments on: Update: Microsoft fees in Calif. https://www.overlawyered.com/2006/01/update-microsoft-fees-in-calif/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Tue, 17 Jan 2006 18:08:55 +0000 hourly 1 By: VTC Weblog - smoliva's weBLog - The Voluntary Trade Council -- VoluntaryTrade.org https://www.overlawyered.com/2006/01/update-microsoft-fees-in-calif/comment-page-1/#comment-1940 Tue, 17 Jan 2006 18:08:55 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/?p=2993#comment-1940 Another Microsoft settlement

Via Walter Olson comes word that Microsoft will pay $1.1 billion to settle a consumer class-action lawsuit in California, yet another case born of the federal government\’s long-running antitrust prosecution. Olson reports that class-action attorneys w…

]]> By: tcaptain https://www.overlawyered.com/2006/01/update-microsoft-fees-in-calif/comment-page-1/#comment-1939 Mon, 16 Jan 2006 14:02:19 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/?p=2993#comment-1939 I wonder…

If there was a law that the lawyers be paid in the same manner as their clients, would the settlement be in rebate coupons towards future purchases (In essence creating more business for the plaintiff)?

I’m willing to bet no, that we’d see a lot more “cash” settlements.

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