Comments on: “An unseemly rate to be asking” https://www.overlawyered.com/2006/06/an-unseemly-rate-to-be-asking/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Fri, 30 Jun 2006 16:04:47 +0000 hourly 1 By: AM https://www.overlawyered.com/2006/06/an-unseemly-rate-to-be-asking/comment-page-1/#comment-3344 Fri, 30 Jun 2006 16:04:47 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/?p=3651#comment-3344 I’m not sure why the NY Times is scrutinizing the legal fees in this case.

The attorney’s work resulted in a $1.25 billion settlement. He’s asking for $4 million dollars.

If I were the times, I would focus on the legal fees in cases where lawyer’s fees are many times larger than the damages awarded, like this one (approximately $50,000 damages, I estimate close to a $1 million in legal fees):

https://www.overlawyered.com/2006/06/a_license_to_complain_1.html

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