Health Insurers Appeal ‘Too High’ $185 Million Quinn Emanuel Fee

Health insurers are appealing a $185 million fee for Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan for work obtaining more than $3.7 billion in federal payments for the companies.

The insurers from Kaiser Foundation Health Plan and UnitedHealthcare Insurance Company Inc. had objected to the fee and suggested the law firm should receive around $9 million. The 35 insurers lost their argument at a lower court last month and filed a notice of appeal Oct. 1.

The fees represent 5% of the amount lawyers recovered for health insurers that the U.S. Supreme Court ruled were due billions after the federal government failed ...