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A single lawyer is not getting 110 million dollars. It's going to multiple _firms_, likely with multiple lawyers, paralegals and other staff all involved in th
by rubyist5eva 6y ago
A single lawyer is not getting 110 million dollars. It's going to multiple _firms_, likely with multiple lawyers, paralegals and other staff all involved in the case.
And the rest of the settlement is still 540 million, so 5 times more than what the firms are making. If you divide the remaining 110 million between all the plaintiffs, it's an additional 68 dollars per plaintiff...and that leaves nothing left for the people that actually did the work.
It's the same bad argument that the McDonald's CEO makes 20 million dollars - but he can't pay staff 15$ minimum wage, even though that 20 million split up between the tens of thousands of employees is a one time payment of pocket change.
- BoorishBears 6y agoI'm not saying a single lawyer is getting 110 million dollars, again reading things in good faith, using common sense, it's simple stuff people. Lawyer is a synecdoche for the people actively working on the litigation side. Like when people say "I'm calling my lawyer" while referring to a firm with multiple names at the helm... And the rest of your comment... did you actually read the comment? I said if you leave 10 million for the cost of litigation they got 50 dollars each. See how there's numbers between 110 and 0? - 50 dollars is not pocket change for the average person, maybe for people on HN since we work in tech, but I bet relative to the worth of the average person represented, 50 dollars is worth more than the bonuses about to land where the majority of the 100 million that would otherwise benefit them is going. It's nothing like talking about the McDonalds CEO because the numbers involved are not pocket change if you apply critical thinking, 50 dollars from a one-time payout vs pocket change has very different dynamics for the recipient..