$13K an hour to fight Big Tobacco.
These lawyers ought to be ashamed of themselves. Moreover they should be so ashamed of themselves that they give all the money to charity and then commit suicide along with their wives, children, and any other decsendants, so as to do the world a favor.
“Lawyers are not entitled to grab as many chips off the table as they feel like,” [Manhattan Institute legal expert Walter] Olson said. “They take an oath as officers of the court, and that means sometimes leaving some of the money on the table.”
Money, some point out, that could’ve gone where the $25 billion settlement went: to the state’s Medicaid fund, which pays for health care for the poor.