(November 15, 2016, 12:47 PM EST) -- SAN FRANCISCO — A California federal judge on Nov. 14 granted final approval of a $700,000 settlement between current and former McDonald’s franchise employees and a Bay Area franchisee in a wage-and-hour class action and approved the requested $150,000 award of attorney fees to class counsel (Stephanie Ochoa, et al. v. McDonald’s Corp., et al., No. 14-2098, N.D. Calif.; 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 157302)....