Federal Judge Grants Attorney Fees in BAR/BRI Case but Slashes Amount

A federal judge in Los Angeles, ruling on an issue that had been remanded to his court by the 9th Circuit, has granted attorney fees to two law firms that objected to the $49 million settlement in an antitrust class action against the publisher of the BAR/BRI bar examination review course. But U.S. District Judge Manuel Real, who originally had denied fees to the objectors, granted significantly less than the attorneys had requested.