Ethan Schulman

Money Moves

As of September 2026: Presiding over the case; granted preliminary approval May 4 and was scheduled to hear final approval Nov. 4. No ruling reported as of Nov. 11.

KQED, the San Francisco public media nonprofit whose newsroom covers wage theft, will pay nearly $900,000 to settle a class action accusing it of the same. More than 580 hourly employees who worked at the station between August 2019 and May 2025 will share about two-thirds of that money.

Updated Sep 7