how much of that did the plaintiff s lawyers get, the people who supposedly represented the workers? me immediately of that 112 million 625 million are getting paid out immediately. the lawyers are getting about 150, 550 million out of that. don t the judges say this is too much? the judge did in fact intervene the. the fees were reduced to 25 percent. when you add in the disperse sal the 180 million of the settlement they will come up with another $115 million perhaps. all together they are at 80-90 million in that change. there s the city lawyers paid for by taxpayers and they get millions. city lawyers spent it over 200 mrl dollars in defending the
the settlement for $700 million. how much did plaintiffs get? immediately of $712 million, $625 million is getting paid out immediately. the lawyers are getting about $156 million out of that. don t the judges say it s too much. judge in fact did intervene and the fees were reduced to 25%. but it s an enormous fee. when you add in the dispersal remaining $82 million of the settlement, they ll come up with another $15-20 million. so altogether they could come up with $180 million, $190 million in that range. john: then there the government lawyers, city lawyers paid for by taxpayers and they get millions of dollars. the city lawyers have billed over $200 million in defending
the settlement for $700 million. how much did plaintiffs get? immediately of $712 million, $625 million is getting paid out immediately. the lawyers are getting about $156 million out of that. don t the judges say it s too much. judge in fact did intervene and the fees were reduced to 25%. but it s an enormous fee. when you add in the dispersal remaining $82 million of the settlement, they ll come up with another $15-20 million. so altogether they could come up with $180 million, $190 million in that range. john: then there the government lawyers, city lawyers paid for by taxpayers and they get millions of dollars. the city lawyers have billed over $200 million in defending
but he won t use tax dollars. phoenix city council is making sure of that. what is the law saying in no better person to ask than our own judge napolitano who said the day this went down, while he cancism sympathize, there wasn t much legal ground to stand on. the initial obstacle is that the supreme court ruled in areas of relation with foreign countries or immigrants or aliens, congress has preempted the field. the states may not allege legislate. neil: but they did. the issue is unique to city. the charter prohibits the mayor from using city lawyers and funds to file a lawsuit so he s suing as an individual and someone else is paying. neil: he can t do it as mayor and have the city pay for the