Common use of NOTICE OF CLASS ACTION SETTLEMENT Clause in Contracts

NOTICE OF CLASS ACTION SETTLEMENT. The United States District Court for the Central District of California has authorized this notice in the matter of ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, et al. v. United States Soccer Federation, Inc., Case No. 2:19-cv- 01717-RGK-AGR. This is not a solicitation from a lawyer. A proposed settlement (the “Settlement”) has been reached in the class action lawsuit ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, et al. v. United States Soccer Federation, Inc., Case No. 2:19-cv-01717-RGK-AGR (the “Action”). The purpose of this Notice of Class Action Settlement (“Notice”) is to inform you of your rights and options in connection with the proposed Settlement. The proposed Settlement will resolve certain of the claims against defendant United States Soccer Federation, Inc. (“USSF”). The settlement agreement is included along with this Notice. Do Nothing and Receive the Benefits Conferred Upon the Class by the Settlement If you do nothing, you will be entitled to the benefits conferred upon the class by the Settlement. You will also give up the right to pursue certain claims in a separate legal action against USSF. Object to the Settlement To object to the Settlement, you must submit a written statement explaining why you object to the Settlement. You may then explain your objections in person at the Settlement hearing. ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, and twenty-four other members of the United States Senior Women’s National Soccer Team (“WNT”) (called the “Plaintiffs” in this notice) filed a lawsuit against USSF on March 8, 2019. Plaintiffs alleged that USSF discriminated against them on the basis of their sex by paying them less than their counterparts on the United States Senior Men’s National Soccer Team (“MNT”) in violation of the Equal Pay Act (“EPA”) and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act (“Title VII”). Plaintiffs also alleged that USSF violated Title VII’s prohibition on sex discrimination by denying them working conditions equal to players on the MNT including, but not limited to, equal playing, training, and travel conditions; equal promotion of their games; and equal support and development for their games. USSF denies that it did anything wrong and maintains that it has not discriminated against Plaintiffs on the basis of sex in pay or working conditions. On May 1, 2020, the Court ruled in favor of USSF on Plaintiffs’ Title VII and EPA pay discrimination claims and on Plaintiffs’ claim of unequal treatment for field surfaces under Title