I guess it depends where the suit originates. Did the suit originate in the idea of a class action law firm and they head-hunted the lead plaintiffs to bring th

I guess it depends where the suit originates. Did the suit originate in the idea of a class action law firm and they head-hunted the lead plaintiffs to bring the suit? If so, it will be money all the way. If the suit started with the plaintiffs who had been violated, and they went and sought a law firm to bring suit, then the relief might be different. It's hard to bring suits like this pro bono. I have a court-appointed pro bono lawyer for a suit against the government right now that goes into settlement next month. I've had to weigh up several times the issue of whether I want settlement money, vs. fixing the constitutional violations for hundreds of thousands of people. Each time I've gone for the ethical option, but it looks like I might get both at the finish line; but only because the defendant is left with the option of going to trial and losing and then having to pay probably close to a million dollars to my lawyer, or settle with me and my lawyer gets nothing for all the hundreds of hours him and his whole team have put into the case. These cases require inordinate amounts of legal and clerical work to see them through to a solution. I've never seen relief like the one in this case, which seems bizarre though.