A Houston attorney who couldn’t practice on a class action due to treatment for alcoholism has won a second chance to argue he deserves a larger cut of attorney fees in the case.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled Wednesday that a district court erred when it split $10 million in attorney fees among a gaggle of lawyers and firms. The court should have considered and explained all of the factors that case law requires when determining the reasonableness and allocation of fees, the court ruled.

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