{"id":3570,"date":"2005-01-26T13:40:17","date_gmt":"2005-01-26T17:40:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/formerlyknownas\/2005\/01\/26\/wheres-home\/"},"modified":"2011-08-05T14:58:01","modified_gmt":"2011-08-05T18:58:01","slug":"wheres-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2005\/01\/26\/wheres-home\/","title":{"rendered":"where’s home?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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new home
our footsteps find the grass
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fistful of sand
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dwindling light
my childhood home
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paul m<\/FONT><\/A>.  from The Heron’s Nest<\/A><\/EM><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV>
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credits: “<\/FONT>new home<\/FONT><\/A>” (Editors’ Choice, Feb. 2003); “<\/FONT>fistful of sand<\/FONT><\/A>” <\/FONT>(Dec. 2003); <\/FONT><\/DIV>
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“<\/FONT>dwindling light<\/FONT><\/A>” (May 2003)<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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                                                                     <\/FONT><\/EM><\/FONT>[Jan. 26, 2005]<\/EM><\/FONT><\/DIV>
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one-breath pundit<\/STRONG><\/EM><\/FONT><\/A> <\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV>
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“snowflakeSN” The third post made to this weblog asked the question <\/FONT>Is a Legal Fee Ever Too Big?<\/A><\/FONT>,<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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in which we decried the reluctance of courts, bar counsel, and attorneys in general<\/FONT><\/A><\/FONT><\/DIV>
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to declare a contingency fee unreasonable.  We’re pleased to see that the 2nd Circuit <\/FONT><\/DIV>
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rejected the request of class counsel in the Visa\/Master Card <\/FONT>Debit-Card Antitrust<\/FONT><\/A><\/DIV>
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case for a $609 million fee — confirming the lower court’s award of $220 million.<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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(<\/FONT>decision<\/FONT><\/A>, Wal-mart v. Visa<\/EM>,  Jan. 4, 2005; Daily Sun<\/EM> <\/FONT>article<\/FONT><\/A>; Overlawyered<\/EM> <\/FONT>post<\/FONT><\/A>).<\/FONT>  Find<\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV>
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more of my coverage at C&F<\/A><\/EM>.  Here are some quick <\/FONT><\/FONT>comments:<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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