SAN FRANCISCO — Citing “very troublesome” evidence that a law firm had tried to take for itself $5 million from a $6 million settlement fund, a state judge said she intends to distribute the money to claimants instead.
The $5 million, part of a 2011 deal that resolved wage-and-hour claims against Wells Fargo & Co., had been claimed by Los Angeles firm Initiative Legal Group (ILG) as fees for their representation of roughly 600 clients. It has been frozen per court order since 2012.
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