Mealey's (February 15, 2023, 11:28 AM EST) -- OAKLAND, Calif. — A federal judge in California on Feb. 14 granted final approval of a $990,000 class settlement between a hotel and hourly workers who brought wage-and-hour claims but reduced the amount requested for attorney fees and halved the requested incentive award, writing that the trial court shared a concern already expressed by the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals regarding the size of incentive awards and the need to scrutinize the awards....