Judge Awards $2.2M In Attorney Fees For ‘Prebiotic’ Soda Company Class Suit

( June 8, 2026, 1:37 PM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — A California federal judge awarded class counsel $2.2 million in attorney fees plus more than $23,000 in expenses after previously granting final approval to an $8.9 million settlement of the plaintiffs’ class action against the manufacturer of a soda product for violating California’s unfair competition law (UCL) and other laws by deceptively labeling its soda as “Prebiotic” and “gut healthy,” awarding slightly less in attorney fees than was sought and reducing the named plaintiffs’ service awards....