Federal Judge Rebukes Lawyer in FedEx Fee Fight (Law.com via Yahoo! Finance)

In a strongly worded order, San Francisco federal Judge Susan Illston has blocked a lawyer’s attempt to torpedo the special master overseeing a hotly contested fee fight. Illston dismissed plaintiffs lawyer Waukeen McCoy’s arguments that the special master, Edward Swanson, suffered from a conflict of interest and did not promptly disclose an ex parte conversation.

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