California Appellate Panel Upholds Reduced Fees, Awards In Wage Class Settlement

Mealey's (July 14, 2022, 7:10 AM EDT) -- SANTA ANA, Calif. — Former restaurant employees challenging a California judge’s reduction of attorney fees and enhancement awards and rejection of a cy pres recipient agreed to in a $2.2 million wage-and-hour settlement did not show that “the trial court misapprehended the scope of its discretion or the governing legal principles,” a California appellate panel ruled July 6, affirming the settlement approval and opining that explanations of the judge’s decision were not necessary....