Given the nature of my current employment, I found the following entertaining:
In the settlement of a class action lawsuit filed against a Boston area bank, the bank deposited up to $8.76 in each class member's account.
However, the lawyers' fees for the lawsuit amounted to $8.5 million.
In order to pay the lawyers who brought the lawsuit on behalf of the bank's customers, the bank then withdrew up to $90 or more from each customer's account.
Source: New York Times, "Math of a Class Action: Winning $2.19 costs $91.33" November 21, 1995
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