Objectors to two settlements involving antitrust claims against the makers of the BAR/BRI bar review preparatory course materials have moved to recover their attorney fees, claiming they were instrumental in unraveling the original deals in favor of new agreements that better benefit class members.

In one settlement, for $9.5 million, attorney George Richard Baker, who represents six objectors, seeks $578,750 in fees for his “remarkably vital role” in raising red flags over an earlier deal that involved coupons; the coupons were later were replaced with cash.

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