March 05, 2021
A California federal judge has declined to sanction an objector to a Wells Fargo settlement over fake accounts after investors accused the objector and his attorneys of extorting $1.75 million from the bank, saying the court won't order disgorgement of a settlement reached in a state court lawsuit.
June 16, 2020
An objector to the Wells Fargo settlement over fake accounts should be sanctioned along with his attorneys at Ridley McGreevy & Winocur PC and made to repay $1.75 million they "extorted" from the bank, the lead plaintiffs told a California federal court.
April 07, 2020
Lieff Cabraser and Saxena White attorneys representing Wells Fargo & Co. investors in their derivative suit over fake accounts will come away with $52.8 million in fees, a 22% cut of the $240 million settlement they negotiated last year, according to an order issued Tuesday in California federal court.