Tenth Circuit Upholds Attorney Fees in $1.5 Billion Syngenta Corn Settlement

The Tenth Circuit on Wednesday upheld a Kansas federal judge’s decision regarding the allocation of attorney fees to three law firms that represented individual claimants in multidistrict litigation concerning Syngenta’s genetically modified corn. This litigation culminated in a $1.5 billion class settlement. The appellate court found that the law firms’ arguments deviated from the principal issue at hand. Further details on the case can be accessed here.