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California Courts of Appeal

Oct. 14, 2010

Firm Fee Fight Sent Superior Court

A fee fight between two law firms over the $12.5 million spoils of an employee class action remains unresolved even after reaching the 2nd District Court of Appeal on Tuesday.

By Laura Ernde

Daily Journal Staff Writer

A fee fight between two law firms over the $12.5 million spoils of an employee class action remains unresolved even after reaching the 2nd District Court of Appeal on Tuesday.

In March 2009, Leonard Carder, a San Francisco firm, sued Patten, Faith & Sandford to limit the Monrovia firm's share of attorney fees for a class action brought against Fed Ex Corp. The 200 class members ...

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