U.S. District Judge Elaine E. Bucklo of Chicago recently made the highly unusual move of barring a half-dozen plaintiff attorneys from representing the claimants as a class, calling their work "inadequate." On behalf of a potential class of 17 million plaintiffs, the attorneys were going to settle for $25 million--and pocket $4.3 million for themselves, Forbes reports here. (Link via OverLawyered.com)