The total settlement is expected to raise cigarette prices by 35 cents per pack over five years.
The total settlement was said to be for $80 million.
Sidley Austin will pay about 20 percent of the total settlement.
The total settlement with the ten banks was $1.4 billion.
The total settlement was $180 million, but with interest the fund has grown to $240 million.
Most public adjusters are paid based on a percentage of the total settlement.
It's that 99 percent of the total settlement is really a disguised tax hike.
The $49 million fee was about 16 percent of the total settlement.
By that time the total settlement was worth $40 million.
"Our goal had been to get a total global settlement," he said.