Judge Awards Lawyers $35,000 An Hour

It's a good gig if you can get a judge to sign off on it.

Leo Strine, the chief judge of the Delaware Chancery Court, has awarded the trial lawyers who filed a shareholder derivative action challenging Southern Copper's 2005 acquisition of Minera Mexico "a blockbuster $285 million fee award" as reported by Tom Hals for Reuters: "the plaintiffs' attorneys will rake in about $35,000 per hour for less than 9,000 hours of work, according to Strine's calculation."

Further reading that may be of interest:

Congess Must Investigate The Trial Lawyers