Paint Price-Fixing Lead Counsel Doesn’t Owe Referral Fee

The Saveri Law Firm doesn’t owe a referral firm any of the $10 million it took home as lead counsel in a $163.5 million titanium dioxide antitrust class settlement, the Fourth Circuit affirmed in a Jan. 14 unpublished opinion.

“Whether presented as a contract claim, a claim for equitable relief, or a fraud claim, there is simply no basis on this record for finding the appellant entitled to such a payment,” the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit said.

Criden & Love P.A. identified a plaintiff willing to challenge anticompetitive conduct in the market for titanium dioxide, a ...