Chinese Drywall MDL Class Counsel Tells High Court To Reject Cert Request

(December 7, 2021, 4:59 PM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A petition for certiorari by attorneys who negotiated private settlements for their clients in the Chinese drywall multidistrict litigation but were later ordered to give 45% of their fees to global settlement class counsel fails because “even in the non-class context, the authority of a district court to award common benefit fees in MDLs is well-established,” class counsel maintains in a Dec. 1 opposition brief filed with the U.S. Supreme Court....