Mealey's (November 17, 2021, 7:29 AM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — Attorneys who negotiated private settlements in fractured multidistrict litigation against Chinese drywall manufacturers and then were ordered to give 45% of their fees to the global settlement class counsel as common benefit costs and fees filed a petition in the U.S. Supreme Court on Nov. 2 seeking review of the authority of a court sitting in diversity to make such a decision and a ruling on what standard is appropriate....