The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals rejected a class-action settlement that would have paid the lawyers who negotiated it $2.73 million, absolved Procter & Gamble of any future liability, and handed $1,000 each to the named plaintiffs who were supposed to safeguard the interests of consumers who supposedly were the reason for the lawsuit in the first place. There was only one problem with this deal, the appeals court said: The lawyers hadn't done anything for their clients.