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USA Today
May 22nd, 2000
(pdf scan)$6,700 an hour? Lawyer's tobacco-suit fees invite revolt
Suits offer big payoffs for lawyers
Private lawyers representing 11 states in the lawsuits that led to the $246-billion national tobacco deal have walked away with mammoth fees of $10.4 billion so far. The top awards far outstrip any ever granted to trial lawyers.
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