Judge says $510M in fees for lawyers in treaty case was unreasonable

Judge says $510M in fees for lawyers in treaty case was unreasonable

OTTAWA — An Ontario court judge has ruled a $510-million legal fee for lawyers who worked on a First Nations treaty rights case was unreasonable — and has ordered the fee scaled back to $23 million.
"A lawyer’s professional retainer is

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