A federal judge had sweeping praise for a million-dollar settlement, a third of which went to attorney fees, in a Fair Labor Standards Act suit that was based on an unusual and complex employment contract.

U.S. District Judge Robert D. Mariani of the Middle District of Pennsylvania approved the settlement between a class of service technicians and their employer, Benco Dental Supply, and gave class counsel more than a 50 percent increase to its lodestar billing rate.