The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, citing an “egregious” ethical violation, has denied attorney fees to McGuireWoods for its work in obtaining a $49 million settlement of antitrust claims against the publishers of the BAR/BRI bar review course.
The Ninth Circuit on Friday upheld a ruling by U.S. District Judge Manuel Real in Los Angeles, who had concluded that failing to disclose to class members that incentive awards based on the settlement’s value would go to named plaintiffs constituted an “egregious breach of McGuireWood’s ethical duties” under the California Rules of Professional Conduct.
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