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February 8, 2004

Smells Fishy: Lawyers Get $30 Million, Plaintiffs Get $10 Million in Salmon Settlement

Filed under: pre-06-2006 — David Giacalone @ 9:59 pm

Alaska salmon fishermen will get less about $2100 each, while defense and plaintiff lawyers share $30 million in a salmon price-fixing settlement approved last week by the district court judge.  It’s all on the up and up, but it doesn’t mean we have to like it.  See law.com NewsWire (02-09-04), which points to an AP article (02-06-04).  (Alakayak v. British Columbia Packers, Alaska Super. Ct., No. 3AN-95-4676-CI),


The $40 million damages pot was produced when some defendants settled early to avoid the risks of trial.  However, plaintiffs’ counsel ended up losing soundly at trial.  At that point, Alaska Gov. Frank Murkowski attempted to prevent class counsel from receiving any of the $16 million fee proposed in the settlement agreement, saying. 

“The fees should be shared by those who have been hurt by this exercise in poor judgment, namely the fishermen and the processors.  This lawsuit has had a devastating impact on our markets, particularly in Japan. It will take a significant, concentrated effort to rebuild what has been lost.”


I’m looking forward to Walter Olson continuing to grill this one.

Smells Fishy: Lawyers Get $30 Million, Plaintiffs Get $10 Million in Salmon Settlement

Filed under: pre-06-2006 — David Giacalone @ 9:59 pm

Alaska salmon fishermen will get less about $2100 each, while defense and plaintiff lawyers share $30 million in a salmon price-fixing settlement approved last week by the district court judge.  It’s all on the up and up, but it doesn’t mean we have to like it.  See law.com NewsWire (02-09-04), which points to an AP article (02-06-04).  (Alakayak v. British Columbia Packers, Alaska Super. Ct., No. 3AN-95-4676-CI),


The $40 million damages pot was produced when some defendants settled early to avoid the risks of trial.  However, plaintiffs’ counsel ended up losing soundly at trial.  At that point, Alaska Gov. Frank Murkowski attempted to prevent class counsel from receiving any of the $16 million fee proposed in the settlement agreement, saying. 

“The fees should be shared by those who have been hurt by this exercise in poor judgment, namely the fishermen and the processors.  This lawsuit has had a devastating impact on our markets, particularly in Japan. It will take a significant, concentrated effort to rebuild what has been lost.”


I’m looking forward to Walter Olson continuing to grill this one.

Weblog Culture & Ethics

Filed under: pre-06-2006 — David Giacalone @ 9:37 am

below are ethicalEsq? postings and annotated web resources on this topic. find our full list of annotated ethics links by clicking Ethics Resources on the Navigation Bar

 



  • sick of being sicced? April 25, 2006
  • that blankety-blank new word “blang” April 23, 2006
  • haunted by Frankenblawg (ghostwriting weblogs) March 14, 2006
  • Jan. 19, 2006 Let’s Make the Word “Blawg” Obsolete
  • May 13, 2005 a Google blind date
  • Mar 25, 2005  podriahs – blissfully outside the podcaste system
  • Mar 7, 2005 e-shaming and lawyer conduct
  • Posting 11-30-04 the word “blog” (our language legacy)
  • Posting 05-26-04 poetry not punditry (going cold turkey)
  • Posting 05/10/04 Wholely Daze of Blogligations [Glenn Reynolds]
  • Posting 04/1904 Craig Williams Shares His Thoughts on Weblogs
  • Posting 04/19/04 Kevin Found a Marketing Success Story
  • Posting 04/18/04 Postrel Goes to The Mattress on WebAds
  • Posting 04/17/04 making sausage and lawBlogs
  • Posting 04/17/04 Lawson Not Spooked by Ghosts
  • Posting 04/15/04 Lively Debate Over Ghostly Weblogs
  • Posting 04/14/04 Buying the Appearance of Expertise
  • Posting 04/12/04 Has Your Weblog Brought You Clients?


  • Posting 03/17/04 The Hardest Part of the Watchdog Role
  • Posting 03/04/04 Brand LEX
  • Posting 03/03/04 Is Legal Marketing [non]Spoofable?
  • Posting 02/21/04 O’Keefe and DAG on Marketing Weblawg Marketing


  • Posting 02/20/04 Realism About Weblawgs from a Born Optimist 


  • Posting 02/16/04 Three Times Nothin’ Is . . .


  • Posting 02/14/04 Those Misleading Traffic Stats


  • Posting 02/11/04 A (We)Blog by Any Other Name


  • Posting 02/10/04 Dennis Kennedy Adds His Insight on Virtual English


  • Posting 02/07/04 Disappeared in e-Blawg Cyberspace


  • Posting 02/06/04 Can We Talk About “Virtual” English?


  • Posting 02/03/04 Poet Lawreates, Indeed, and In Print


  • Posting 02/02/04 Howard & Ernie Are Outliers-Your Results May Vary


  • Posting 02/01/04 Ghosts Will Kill the Legal Weblog Community


  • Posting 01/27/04 Weblog Ads Seem Too Tacky for Most Lawyer


  • Posting 01/21/04 Those Darn Quotation Marks Around the Word Blog


  • Posting 01/19/04 Ethics for the Web? Lean Don’t Lie



  • Posting 12/21/03 Should Web Lawyers Use Content-Targeted Ads?


  • Posting 12/06/03 Hitting Six Digits Is Cool

  • Posting 10/04/03 Does the Blogosphere Exist?

  • Posting 10/01/03 Does Blog Jargon Turn Off Outsiders?

  • Posting 09/13/03 what kind of blogger are you?

  • Posting 07/09/03 A Blogger’s Dream (Shattered)
  • Weblog Culture & Ethics

    Filed under: pre-06-2006 — David Giacalone @ 9:37 am

    below are ethicalEsq? postings and annotated web resources on this topic. find our full list of annotated ethics links by clicking Ethics Resources on the Navigation Bar

     

  • what brings you to a joint like this?” (May 14, 2008)
  • “simply the best” blawgs? (October 5, 2007)
  • sick of being sicced? April 25, 2006
  • that blankety-blank new word “blang” April 23, 2006
  • haunted by Frankenblawg (ghostwriting weblogs) March 14, 2006
  • Jan. 19, 2006 Let’s Make the Word “Blawg” Obsolete
  • May 13, 2005 a Google blind date
  • Mar 25, 2005 podriahs – blissfully outside the podcaste system
  • Mar 7, 2005 e-shaming and lawyer conduct
  • Posting 11-30-04 the word “blog” (our language legacy)
  • Posting 05-26-04 poetry not punditry (going cold turkey)
  • Posting 05/10/04 Wholely Daze of Blogligations [Glenn Reynolds]
  • Posting 04/1904 Craig Williams Shares His Thoughts on Weblogs
  • Posting 04/19/04 Kevin Found a Marketing Success Story
  • Posting 04/18/04 Postrel Goes to The Mattress on WebAds
  • Posting 04/17/04 making sausage and lawBlogs
  • Posting 04/17/04 Lawson Not Spooked by Ghosts
  • Posting 04/15/04 Lively Debate Over Ghostly Weblogs
  • Posting 04/14/04 Buying the Appearance of Expertise
  • Posting 04/12/04 Has Your Weblog Brought You Clients?

  •  

  • Posting 03/17/04 The Hardest Part of the Watchdog Role
  • Posting 03/04/04 Brand LEX
  • Posting 03/03/04 Is Legal Marketing [non]Spoofable?
  • Posting 02/21/04 O’Keefe and DAG on Marketing Weblawg Marketing
  • Posting 02/20/04 Realism About Weblawgs from a Born Optimist

  • Posting 02/16/04 Three Times Nothin’ Is . . .

  • Posting 02/14/04 Those Misleading Traffic Stats

  • Posting 02/11/04 A (We)Blog by Any Other Name

  • Posting 02/10/04 Dennis Kennedy Adds His Insight on Virtual English

  • Posting 02/07/04 Disappeared in e-Blawg Cyberspace

  • Posting 02/06/04 Can We Talk About “Virtual” English?

  • Posting 02/03/04 Poet Lawreates, Indeed, and In Print

  • Posting 02/02/04 Howard & Ernie Are Outliers-Your Results May Vary

  • Posting 02/01/04 Ghosts Will Kill the Legal Weblog Community

  • Posting 01/27/04 Weblog Ads Seem Too Tacky for Most Lawyer

  • Posting 01/21/04 Those Darn Quotation Marks Around the Word Blog

  • Posting 01/19/04 Ethics for the Web? Lean Don’t Lie

  •  

    Posting 12/21/03 Should Web Lawyers Use Content-Targeted Ads?

  • Posting 12/06/03 Hitting Six Digits Is Cool

  • Posting 10/04/03 Does the Blogosphere Exist?
  • Posting 10/01/03 Does Blog Jargon Turn Off Outsiders?

  • Posting 09/13/03 what kind of blogger are you?
  • Posting 07/09/03 A Blogger’s Dream (Shattered)

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