VW Judge Rips Opt-Out Drivers' Fee Ask, 'Lavish Spendings'

By Dorothy Atkins (June 21, 2023, 5:17 PM EDT) -- A California federal judge has rejected all but one attorney fee request by consumers who opted out of Volkswagen's $10 billion settlement in multidistrict litigation over its diesel emissions cheats, slashing the sole winning plaintiff's "grossly inflated and unreasonable" fee bid and saying he's "troubled" by counsel's and experts' "lavish spendings."...

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