November 16, 2006
Snap-on Dealer Lawyers in Money Brawl
As previously reported here on the Franchise Law Blog, a New Jersery federal court recently approved a $125 million settlement of a class action brought by Snap-on dealers against their franchisor. Now that that fight is over, a new one has broken out -- between the dealers' lawyers, over who gets how much of the legal fee award. According to this article, the court allocated $13 million of the settlement proceeds to attorneys fees, so the two plaintiffs' firms have plenty of incentive to wage this battle.