Fee Row In $3.4B Tribal Trust Suit Airs Attys' Dirty Laundry

By Jimmy Hoover (April 21, 2016, 8:12 PM EDT) -- A lawyer's request for $6.5 million of a $3.4 billion class settlement over U.S.-managed Native American trust funds has exposed the toxic animosity that permeated the plaintiffs' legal team, with witnesses testifying in D.C. federal court Thursday that people referred to the class' former lead attorney as "a snake," while another key team member was "condescending" and "rude."...

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