Senior Judge Thelton Henderson withheld final approval of a class action settlement on behalf of African-American retail brokers at Morgan Stanley after hearing objections Monday that the deal was “lawyer driven.”

Linda Friedman, an attorney for about 30 brokers, claimed that James Finberg and other class counsel fished for a lead plaintiff after they already negotiated the settlement with defense lawyers at Morgan, Lewis & Bockius.

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