Microsoft To Pay California Lawyers $113M

The award for fees and costs comes in a case in which Microsoft agreed to allocate $1.1 billion for California consumers.

“The award for fees and costs comes in a case in which Microsoft agreed to allocate $1.1 billion for California consumers–after a small San Francisco law firm sued in state court here alleging the company inflated prices by monopolizing the pre-installed software market from 1995 to 2001.

The deal enables anyone who bought a computer in California to get vouchers worth $5 to $29 per Microsoft product. Two-thirds of the unused settlement is earmarked for poor California schools.

The attorneys who sued Microsoft here had requested $258 million in fees and costs, up to $3,000 an hour for one of the lead attorneys, Eugene Crew of San Francisco. “

Some of these lawyers demands are just plain ridiculous…

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