Litigation
Dec. 21, 2012
Barnes Crosby can pursue multimillion dollar fee-splitting suit
Plaintiffs' lawyers who won a $41.5 million class action settlement in a business-litigation case may be obligated to pay one-third of their attorney fees to a law firm that claims the lawyers violated a fee-splitting agreement.
By Emily Green
Daily Journal Staff Writer
Plaintiffs' lawyers who won a $41.5 million class action settlement in a business-litigation case may be obligated to pay one-third of their attorney fees to a law firm that claims the lawyers violated a fee-splitting agreement.
The 4th District Court of Appeal reversed a trial court ruling throwing out a lawsuit by Irvine-based Barnes, Crosby, Fitzgerald & Zeman LLP against plaintiffs' attorneys Jerome Ringler and Los-...
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