BOSTON — Five law firms that participated in the state’s lawsuit against the tobacco industry were awarded $775 million in fees and expenses Thursday.

The Tobacco Fee Arbitration Panel’s decision gives the firms an amount equal to 9.3 percent of the state’s $8.3 billion share of the multistate tobacco settlement. But the money, to be paid for by the tobacco industry, is separate and above the money the state will receive.

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