Attorneys' Fees and the Tobacco Settlement : Congressional Hearing

What role, if any, should Congress should play in determining the amount of attorneys' fees to be recovered by outside counsel in the event that Congress enacts a nat. settlement of tobacco-related litigation. Witnesses: Lester Brickman, Prof., Benjamin Cardozo School of Law; Jeffrey Harris, Assoc. Prof. of Economics, MIT; Michael Moore, Attorney General, Mississippi; Alan Morrison, Staff Attorney, Public Citizen; Joseph Rice, Ness, Motley, Loadholt Richardson & Poole; Richard Scruggs, Scruggs, Millette, Lawson, Bozeman & Dent; D. Scott Wise, Davis Polk & Wardwell, on behalf of the Tobacco Industry; & C. Steven Yerrid, Yerrid, Knopik & Mudano.Coble, Howard is the author of 'Attorneys' Fees and the Tobacco Settlement : Congressional Hearing', published 2000 under ISBN 9780788187650 and ISBN 0788187651.