Final Approval Hearing Sample Clauses

The Final Approval Hearing clause establishes the requirement for a court hearing to review and determine whether to grant final approval to a proposed settlement or agreement, typically in class action lawsuits. During this hearing, the court evaluates the fairness, adequacy, and reasonableness of the settlement terms, often considering any objections from class members and the arguments of the parties involved. This clause ensures that settlements are subject to judicial scrutiny before becoming binding, thereby protecting the interests of all affected parties and maintaining the integrity of the legal process.
Final Approval Hearing. “Final Approval Hearing” shall mean the hearing at which the Court will consider and finally decide whether to enter the Final Judgment.
Final Approval Hearing. The Notice must set forth the time and place of the Final Approval Hearing (subject to change) and state that any Settlement Class Member who does not file a timely and adequate objection in accordance with this Paragraph waives the right to object or to be heard at the Final Approval Hearing and shall be forever barred from making any objection to the Settlement.
Final Approval Hearing. 77. The Parties will jointly request that the Court hold a Final Approval Hearing approximately ninety (90) days after entry of the Preliminary Approval Order. At the Final Approval Hearing, the Parties will request that the Court consider whether the Settlement Class should be certified as a class pursuant to 735 ILCS § 5/2-801 for settlement and, if so, (i) consider any properly-filed objections, (ii) determine whether the Settlement is fair, reasonable and adequate, was entered into in good faith and without collusion, and should be approved, and shall provide findings in connections therewith, and (iii) enter the Final Approval Order, including final approval of the Settlement Class and the Settlement Agreement, and a Fee Award.
Final Approval Hearing. 72. The Parties will recommend that the Final Approval Hearing shall be scheduled no earlier than one hundred (100) Days after the Notice Date. 73. The Parties may file a response to any Objections and a Motion for Final Approval no later than fourteen (14) Days prior to the Final Approval Hearing. 74. Any Settlement Class Member who wishes to appear at the Final Approval Hearing through counsel must, by the Objection Deadline, either mail or hand-deliver to the Court or file a notice of appearance in the lawsuit, and take all other actions or make any additional submissions as may be required by this Settlement Agreement, or as otherwise ordered by the Court. 75. Plaintiffs shall ask the Court to enter a Final Approval Order and Final Judgment which includes the following provisions: a. A finding that the Notice Program fully and accurately informed all Settlement Class Members entitled to notice of the material elements of the Settlement, constitutes the best notice practicable under the circumstances, constitutes valid, due, and sufficient notice, and complies fully with the laws of Florida, the United States Constitution, and any other applicable law; b. A finding that after proper notice to the Settlement Class, and after sufficient opportunity to object, no timely objections to this Settlement Agreement have been made, or a finding that all timely objections have been considered and denied; c. Approval of the Settlement, as set forth in the Settlement Agreement, as fair, reasonable, adequate, and in the best interests of the Settlement Class, in all respects, finding that the Settlement is in good faith, and ordering the Parties and Settlement Administrator to perform the Settlement in accordance with the terms of this Settlement Agreement; d. A finding that neither the Final Judgment, the Settlement, nor the Settlement Agreement shall constitute an admission of liability by any of the Parties, or any liability or wrongdoing whatsoever by any Party; e. Subject to the reservation of jurisdiction for matters discussed in subparagraph (h) below, a dismissal with prejudice of the lawsuit; f. A finding that Plaintiffs shall, as of the entry of the Final Judgment, conclusively be deemed to have fully, finally, and forever completely released, relinquished, and discharged the Released Parties from the Plaintiffs’ Released Claims; g. A finding that all Settlement Class Members who did not validly and timely opt out of the Settlement shall, as of the entry of...
Final Approval Hearing. The Parties will recommend that the Final Approval Hearing shall be scheduled no earlier than one hundred thirty (130) Days after the entry of the Preliminary Approval Order.
Final Approval Hearing. The Waikoloa-PEX Brass Fittings Court shall set and conduct the Final Approval Hearing to determine fairness and final approval of the Settlement, along with the amount properly payable for Attorneys’ Fees, Costs and All Other Expenses. 107. Fourteen (14) days prior to the date set for the Final Approval Hearing (or if the Court orders a different filing deadline), Waikoloa-PEX Brass Fittings Class Counsel and Castle & ▇▇▇▇▇ shall file their briefs in support of Waikoloa-PEX Brass Fittings Settlement approval. To the extent they wish to respond to any Objections made by Waikoloa-PEX Brass Fittings Class Members, Waikoloa-PEX Brass Fittings Class Counsel and Castle & ▇▇▇▇▇ shall concurrently file those responses. The Settling Parties shall also present a Final Approval Order and Final Judgment substantially in the forms attached, respectively, at Exhibits 8-9. 108. Castle & ▇▇▇▇▇ agrees that any amounts awarded by the Waikoloa-PEX Brass Fittings Court to Waikoloa-PEX Brass Fittings Class Counsel for Attorney Fees, Costs, and All Other Expenses, including Waikoloa-PEX Brass Fittings Class Representative incentive awards, shall be paid out of the Settlement Fund, so long as the amount awarded by the Waikoloa-PEX Brass Fittings Court does not exceed the sum of $216,910.77 and the Waikoloa-PEX Brass Fittings Court’s order is otherwise consistent with the Waikoloa-PEX Brass Fittings Settlement. This amount does not include the costs for the Waikoloa-PEX Brass Fittings Class Member payments, Administration costs, Notice Plan costs, and/or Special Master costs that will be paid out of the Waikoloa-PEX Brass Fittings Settlement Fund. The amounts paid for Attorney Fees, Costs, and All Other Expenses, shall be comprised of: a. Up to $200,594.84 in Waikoloa-PEX Brass Fittings Class Counsel’s attorney fees (not to exceed 18% of the Waikoloa-PEX Brass Fittings Settlement Fund);
Final Approval Hearing. A Final Approval Hearing shall be held on
Final Approval Hearing. In connection with the Preliminary Approval Application, the Parties shall request that the Court schedule and conduct a hearing after dissemination of Class Notice, at which time it will consider whether the Settlement is fair, reasonable, and adequate pursuant to Rule 23 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. Specifically, Plaintiff, after good faith consultation with Defense Counsel, shall request that, on or after the Final Approval Hearing, the Court: (i) enter the Final Approval Order and the Judgment; (ii) determine the Attorneys’ Fees and Expenses that should be awarded to Class Counsel as contemplated in the Settlement Agreement; and (iii) determine the Incentive Award, if any, that should be awarded as contemplated by the Settlement Agreement. The Settling Parties agree to support entry of the Final Approval Order and the Judgment. The Settling Parties will reasonably cooperate with one another in seeking entry of the Final Approval Order and of the Judgment.
Final Approval Hearing. A Final Approval Hearing shall be held on , , 2024, at : 0 _.m., in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, at the Courthouse located at ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, New York 10007, to determine, among other things, whether: (a) this matter should be finally certified as a class action for settlement purposes; (b) the Settlement should be finally approved as fair, reasonable, and adequate; (c) the Action should be dismissed with prejudice pursuant to the terms of the Settlement Agreement; (d) Participating Settlement Class Members should be bound by the releases set forth in the Settlement Agreement; and (e) the Motion of Class Counsel for an award of attorneys’ fees, costs, expenses, and a Service Award Payment (the “Fee Application”) should be approved. Plaintiffs’ Fee Application shall be filed 14 Days prior to Settlement Class Members’ deadlines to object to or exclude themselves from the Settlement. Plaintiffs’ Motion for Final Approval of the Settlement shall be filed with the Court at least 21 Days prior to the Final Approval Hearing, and at least 90 days after appropriate government officials are notified by or on behalf of the Met Opera of this Settlement Agreement pursuant to the Class Action Fairness Act of 2005, 28 U.S.C. § 1715. By no later than 7 Days prior to the Final Approval Hearing, the Parties shall file responses, if any, to any objections, and any replies in support of final approval of the Settlement and/or the Fee Application.
Final Approval Hearing. 2 The Parties shall request that the Court, on the date set forth in the Preliminary 3 Approval Order or on such other date that the Court may set (but not earlier than 150 4 days from the date of entry of the Preliminary Approval Order), conduct a Final Approval 5 Hearing to: (a) determine whether to grant Final Approval to this Agreement; and