Government,
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Jul. 26, 2019
New class counsel reports water bill settlement cheated ratepayers of up to $80 million
A new report regarding a Los Angeles Department of Water & Power class settlement currently tied to a federal public corruption probe casts extreme doubt on the validity of the $67 million agreement, stating class members were gypped out of millions more as a result of shifty legal representation.
LOS ANGELES -- A class settlement over water bills that was structured between attorneys for Los Angeles and hand-picked plaintiffs' lawyers cheated ratepayers out of millions of dollars, a new report says.
The $67 million settlement is now the subject of a federal public corruption probe and a city lawyer who structured the deal has left the case and declined to testify under oath about it.
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