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Nations including the US, China, Russia, India and Japan are rushing to explore the Moon's surface, with some planning permanent human settlements.

Supervisor Janice Hahn called the practice of paying for plaintiffs “despicable” and said any attorney guilty of the practice “should be disbarred, and their share of the settlement should go to the victims of abuse.”

He was freed after agreeing to an out-of-court settlement with the complainant, who was a friend of his.

Of the roughly 11,000 plaintiffs in the settlement, The Times found that nearly one-fourth were represented by the firm.

But of around 7,000 people who have used the scheme, more than 5,000 did not receive their payment or settlement, data from a Freedom of Information request suggests.