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Paying the state's tobacco lawyers: It's not over yet 

The $17.3 billion Texas tobacco litigation is destined for another stop in federal court to find a way to settle the festering dispute over how much the five private lawyers hired by the state should be paid.

At issue: Attorney General John Cornyn, who has been on the job for two weeks, has announced an investigation of the lawyers' conduct. He says they might have acted illegally or unethically in representing the state. If he were to allege wrongdoing, he could sue the lawyers, who were hired by his predecessor. If he were to win, he could strip them of any fees in the case.

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Why should we go on forever litigating this?
University of Texas law professor Charles Silver, who represents the lawyers former Attorney General Dan Morales hired, on the Texas lawyers' fees brou-ha-ha. Quoted in <i>Paying the state's tobacco lawyers: It's not over yet</i>