Two years ago, U.S. Justice Department and plaintiffs’ lawyers were quarreling over the structure of a potentially massive class action among black farmers who missed out on a government loan discrimination settlement more than a decade ago.
The plaintiffs’ attorneys — including a range of solo practitioners and attorneys from small and large firms — fought with each other over legal fees and whether the case in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia should proceed as a class action at all. The government supported class treatment.
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