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Civil Litigation,
Bankruptcy

Mar. 8, 2019

PG&E’s request to pay bonuses could clash with judge in criminal case

Pacific Gas & Electric Corp.’s request to U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Dennis Montali for permission to pay roughly $235 million in employee bonuses could set up a conflict with the district judge who is overseeing the company’s criminal probation, legal observers say.

PG&E’s request to pay bonuses could clash with judge in criminal case
Dennis Montali, United States Bankruptcy Judge of the Northern District of California, poses for a photo in his courtroom in San Francisco

Pacific Gas & Electric Corp.'s request to U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Dennis Montali for permission to pay $235 million in employee bonuses could set up a conflict with the district judge overseeing the company's criminal probation, legal observers say.

But attorneys who represent plaintiffs whose homes burned down in wildfires said they would prefer Montali and U.S. Di...

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