It is unclear who will pay the fees for the attorneys who have been negotiating settlements of Superstorm Sandy insurance cases, The New York Law Journal's Andrew Keshner reports. The Department of Homeland Security and the Federal Emergency Management Agency say that they are not statutorily authorized to pay legal fees to plaintiffs' lawyers. But insurance carriers don't want to pay the fees out of concern that they could face qui tam whistleblower suits. Eastern District Magistrate Judges Cheryl Pollak, Ramon Reyes, Jr. and Gary Brown, the trio tasked with facilitating case resolution, held a hearing this week to resolve the fee and other issues, Keshner reports. The judges said they would restart mediation if the fee and other issues can't be resolved.
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