At Forbes.com, Daniel Fisher discusses the Center for Class Action Fairness's appeal of a rubber-stamp approval of a $21-million fee award for a coupon class action settlement in litigation against A.G. Edwards. The trial-court judge, Angela Quigless, who signed off on the windfall for the former Milberg Weiss, is frequently mentioned as a possible candidate for the federal bench in St. Louis. Earlier.

Update: more from Allison Frankel.