PROCEDURES FOR FINAL APPROVAL OF THE SETTLEMENT. A. Deadline To Request Exclusion From the Settlement To be effective, a Subclass Member’s and/or a Opt-In’s Opt-Out Statement must be signed and sent to the Claims Administrator, at the address provided in the Class Notice, via First Class United States Mail, postage prepaid, with a postmark no later than 45 calendar days after the Initial Mailing Deadline (the end of the “Opt-Out Period”). The Claims Administrator shall stamp the postmark date on the original of each Opt-Out Statement that it receives and shall serve copies of each Opt-Out Statement on Class Counsel and Defendants’ Counsel, as specified in the Agreement, not later than three business days after the receipt thereof. The Claims Administrator also shall, within ten calendar days after the end of the Opt-Out Period, send a final list of Opt-Out Statements to Class Counsel and Defendants’ counsel by both e-mail and overnight delivery. The Claims Administrator shall retain the stamped originals of all Opt-Out Statements and originals of all envelopes accompanying Opt-Out Statements in its files until such time as the Claims Administrator is relieved of its duties and responsibilities under the terms of the Agreement.
PROCEDURES FOR FINAL APPROVAL OF THE SETTLEMENT. 4 A. Fairness Hearing 5 The Court will hold the Fairness Hearing on November 22, 2019, at 10:00 a.m. PST at the 6 Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx Federal Building, 280 South 1st Street, Courtroom 3, Xxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000, 7 to determine whether certification of the Settlement Class, appointment of the Class Representative, 8 appointment of Class Counsel, the Settlement Agreement, and the Settlement should receive final 9 approval. At that time, the Court will also consider any request by Class Counsel for an award of 10 attorney fees and reimbursement of litigation expenses and for a Service Award to Class 11 Representative, all in accordance with the terms of the Settlement Agreement. The Parties will have 12 up to and including November 9, 2019, to file their motion for final approval of the Settlement as 13 well as any briefs in support of such motion and/or in opposition to any objections to the Settlement.
PROCEDURES FOR FINAL APPROVAL OF THE SETTLEMENT. A. Fairness Hearing The Court will hold a Final Approval Hearing (also known as a “Fairness Hearing”) at a.m./p.m. on in Courtroom of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut, 000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxx 00000. At the Final Approval Hearing, the Court will consider the certification of each of the Settlement Classes, the appointments of the Class Representatives of each Settlement Class, the appointment of Class Counsel, the Settlement Agreement, and whether the Settlement should receive final approval. At that time, the Court also will consider any request that may be made by Class Counsel for an award of attorney fees and costs to Class Counsel and for service awards to each Plaintiff to be paid out of the total attorney’s fees and costs that may be awarded by the Court, all in accordance with the terms of the Agreement. The Parties shall file their motions for final approval of the Settlement, attorneys’ fees, costs and expenses, and service awards to the named Plaintiffs and any briefs in support of such motions on or before . These motions and supporting papers will be posted on the Settlement Websites within one day of their being filed. Objections to these motions must be made in accordance with the Long Form Notice and this Order on or before the Objection Deadline. Exhibit F to Viridian Settlement Agreement Proposed Preliminary Approval Order
PROCEDURES FOR FINAL APPROVAL OF THE SETTLEMENT
