Reuters: Class action watchdog blasts $33 mln legal fee bid in controversial Verizon surcharge deal

Reuters covered HLLI challenging forum shopping tactics that could result in plaintiffs’ lawyers getting $8 million in undeserved legal fees. Alison Frankel writes for Reuters:

In a motion filed on Friday in federal court in San Francisco, the Hamilton Lincoln Law Institute told U.S. District Judge Edward Chen that when plaintiffs’ lawyers reached a nationwide deal with Verizon (VZ.N) to resolve claims of deceptive charges on monthly wireless bills, they turned to a New Jersey state court for approval of the settlement — even though the plaintiffs’ firms originally filed their claims in Chen’s courtroom and obtained crucial rulings and discovery in the San Francisco federal case.

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