Class Notice and Claims Administration Sample Clauses
The "Class Notice and Claims Administration" clause outlines the procedures and responsibilities for notifying class members about a class action settlement and managing the process by which claims are submitted, reviewed, and paid. Typically, this clause specifies the methods of providing notice (such as mail, email, or publication), the deadlines for submitting claims, and the appointment of a third-party administrator to oversee the process. Its core function is to ensure that all eligible class members are informed of their rights and have a fair opportunity to participate in the settlement, thereby promoting transparency and efficiency in the administration of class action resolutions.
Class Notice and Claims Administration. 29. Plaintiffs’ counsel’s law firm, the Law Offices of ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, P.C. (“▇▇▇▇”), will serve as Claims Administrator for this case. Plaintiffs’ counsel and ▇▇▇▇ will not receive additional fees or other compensation (including reimbursement for additional costs) for this work apart from the fees and costs provided for in ¶¶ 1 and 16, above. Plaintiffs’ counsel may include the time spent and costs incurred performing this work in its application to the Court for attorney’s fees and costs. ▇▇▇▇ has settled numerous prisoner class actions, and has worked closely with third- party claims administration services. ▇▇▇▇ prepared and sent the initial Class Notice in this case. ▇▇▇▇ is knowledgeable about the systems and procedures necessary to ensure adequate notice to Class Members and processing of claims. ▇▇▇▇ is aware of the time and effort that claims administration of the settlement will entail; ▇▇▇▇ has the resources to administer this settlement. Upon preliminary approval by the Court, ▇▇▇▇ will provide the claims administration services described in this Agreement. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts will distribute settlement checks to Class Members and provide the other services described below.
30. ▇▇▇▇ will administer notice to Class Members in the manner prescribed by the Court; shall accept and record all claim forms; shall send each denied Claimant notice that her claim has been denied; shall resolve any appeals of claim denials and shall calculate the payment to Class Members in accordance with this agreement. Plaintiffs’ counsel will provide Defendants and the Commonwealth with the class distribution list after final approval of the settlement, as described in ¶ 51, below.
31. As soon as practicable, but in no case later than the date the Court holds a hearing on preliminary approval of the Settlement Agreement, Defendants’ counsel will provide Plaintiffs’ counsel with the following information for all Class Members: (a) full name; (b) known aliases; (c) Social Security Number, (d) date of birth; (e) last known address(es), and, if known, phone number(s); and (f) the date of the Class Member’s release from HCSD custody. The information described in (a) through (f) of this paragraph, which shall be known as the “Class Member Information,” shall be provided electronically in Microsoft Excel format. The “last known address(es)” shall mean the most recent address(es) known to the Hampden County Sheriff’s Department. “Known to the Hamden County She...
Class Notice and Claims Administration a. The FLSA class list shall include all individuals shown on Per Mar’s August 13, 2018 offer of judgment as having received any “underpayment,” plus all individuals shown on the supplemental list produced by Per Mar to Class Counsel on October 9, 2018 as having received any underpayment.
b. The Wisconsin law class list shall include all individuals shown on Per Mar’s August 13, 2018 offer of judgment as having received any “underpayment,” plus all individuals shown on the supplemental list produced by Per Mar to Class Counsel on October 11, 2018 as having received any underpayment.
c. Within 20 days of the Court entering an order preliminarily approving the parties’ Settlement Agreement, granting class certification and approving the class notice, the Previant Law Firm S.C. shall print and mail the Class Notice and the Claim Form to the last known address of all FLSA class members in the forms substantially similar to Exhibits B and D attached hereto, and print and mail the Class Notice and the Claim Form to the last known address of all putative Wisconsin class members in the forms substantially similar to Exhibits C and E attached hereto;
d. The Previant Law Firm S.C. shall be responsible for computing the payout to be received by FLSA class members who do not opt out of this settlement using the following formula: Total settlement amount x (total class member underpayment/total underpayment for all participating class members). Wisconsin class members who do not opt out of this settlement shall have their payouts computed as: Total settlement amount x (total class member underpayment after offsetting duplicative recoveries under the FLSA/total underpayment for all participating class members after offsetting duplicative recoveries under the FLSA). Previant shall provide to Per Mar a computation of the payouts to individual class members within 40 days after the mailing of the class notices.
e. The parties shall then jointly petition the Court to grant final approval of the settlement agreement, approve the final payouts for class members, as well as the release of claims, as provided by this Settlement Agreement, for all class members who do not timely opt out of this settlement.
f. Per Mar shall be responsible for making and withholding the proper taxes, if any, from all payments required by this settlement agreement. All payments to the FLSA class shall be treated as one half wages and one half income but not wages; while all payments to the Wisconsi...
Class Notice and Claims Administration. 6.1 Class Counsel and Defendant recommend and retained Digital Settlement, LLC to be the Settlement Administrator for this Settlement Agreement, subject to Court approval. The Settlement Administrator shall abide by and administer the settlement in accordance with the terms, conditions, and obligations of this Settlement Agreement and the orders issued by the Court in this Action.
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