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Litigation

Jan. 29, 2013

San Francisco plaintiffs lawyers battle over fees in price-fixing case

A vicious fee-sharing fight waged by the San Francisco-based Alioto Law Firm and Zelle Hofmann Voelbel & Mason LLP will come to a head Thursday, when a federal judge is to decide how to split more than $300 million in attorney fees.


By Saul Sugarman


Daily Journal Staff Writer


SAN FRANCISCO - If well-known antitrust lawyer Joseph M. Alioto had his way, fee awards in plaintiffs' cases would be split according to the phrase, "Work smarter, not harder."


A vicious fee-sharing fight waged by the San Francisco-based Alioto Law Firm and Minneapolis-based Zelle Hofmann Voelbel & Mason LLP will come to a head Thursday, when U.S. District Judge Susan Y. Illston is ...

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