May 20, 1998

Tobacco settlement - Fight over attorney fees

Martin Kaste - Reporter, Steve Young - Interviewee, Mike Freeman - Interviewee, Eric Johnson - Interviewee

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Steve Young, a former dean of the Hamline University law school says it's unethical for the Robins Kaplan Miller & Ciresi Law Firm to charge $560 Million dollars for its work on the state's recently-settled tobacco lawsuit. Young filed a complaint with the Lawyers' Professional Responsibility Board, alleging that the size of the fee violates professional rules.

Indirectly implicated by the complaint is Attorney General Skip Humphrey, who signed off on the $500,000,000 fee which is being paid by the tobacco industry. Young ran for the Republican party's nomination for U.S. Senate and is a Norm Coleman supporter in the Governor's race.

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