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Jun. 14, 2018

Judge says he’ll award $52.5 million in attorney fees in shareholder suit

A federal judge has said he plans to approve $52.5 million in attorney fees, part of a record $250 million settlement in an unusual insider trading class action related to an attempted hostile takeover of Allergan in 2014 by Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc., and Pershing Square Capital Management.

SANTA ANA -- A federal judge has said he plans to approve $52.5 million in attorney fees, part of a record $250 million settlement in an unusual insider trading class action related to an attempted hostile takeover of Allergan in 2014 by Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc. and Pershing Square Capital Management.

U.S. District Judge David O. Carter told attorneys from Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP and Kessler T...

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