Legal Industry News
February 5, 2010
Judge Censured After Ordering That Attorney Be Paid Fees in $10 Gift Cards
Retired Los Angeles County judge Brett C. Klein was censured and barred from presiding over cases by the Commission on Judicial Performance after he changed the terms of a class action settlement to require that the plaintiff’s attorney be paid his fees in $10 gift cards.
The lawsuit accused Windsor Fashions, a women’s fashion store, of violating privacy laws by asking for personal identification when customers used credit cards to make purchases. The parties had reached a settlement, which had been given preliminary approval by a different judge, under which the store would pay the plaintiff $2,500 and her attorney…
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