Environmental & Energy,
Civil Litigation
Jun. 17, 2022
LA water bill case nears end with probable $4.9M fee for class counsel
“I’ve spent three years checking and double checking criminal corruption at DWP and making sure that the refunds are supposed to go to the people. We are talking about hundreds of millions of dollars here. I’m confident all the terms of the settlement have been filled,” said new class counsel Brian Kabateck.
The Los Angeles water billing litigation — which led to federal plea agreements by city attorney staff and utility officials — is nearing its end with the judge’s tentative OK of a $4.9M fee for the new class counsel, who was appointed after the previous counsel were found to have been recruited and helped to file the case by the city’s attorneys.
Judge Elihu M. Berle ruled Thursday that city taxpayers — who have paid $67 million to water ...
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