Article: Attorneys in Sterling suit criticized over fees

LANCASTER COUNTY

The lawyers who negotiated a $10.3 million shareholder settlement in the fraud scandal at the former Ster- ling Financial Corp. want to take home 30 percent of the pot.

The more money the lawyers receive, the less is left over for investors. And critics say that for a lawsuit of this nature - known as a securities classaction case - the fee that the lawyers are seeking is above average.

Sterling saw its finances ruined in 2007 by a fraud scandal at a subsidiary that financed logging equipment. The bank ultimately was sold to Pittsburgh-based The PNC Financial Services Group Inc., which negotiated the recent settlement.

The lawyers who represented the investors have asked ...

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