Preliminary Injunction. In further aid of the Court’s jurisdiction to implement and enforce the Settlement, provides that Named Plaintiffs and members of the Settlement Class and their counsel are preliminarily enjoined and barred (solely during the period from entry of the Preliminary Approval Order until the decision whether to grant a Final Order and Judgment after the Fairness Hearing) from (i) filing, commencing, prosecuting, intervening in or participating (as a plaintiff, claimant, class member, or otherwise) in any other lawsuit or administrative, regulatory, arbitration or other proceeding in any jurisdiction based on, relating to or arising out of the claims and causes of action or the facts and circumstances giving rise to the Litigation and/or the Released Claims (unless and until they have timely excluded themselves from the Settlement Class); (ii) filing, commencing, participating in or prosecuting (including by seeking to amend a pending complaint to include class allegations or seeking class certification in a pending action) a lawsuit or administrative, regulatory, arbitration or other proceeding as a class action based on, relating to or arising out of the claims and causes of action or the facts and circumstances giving rise to the Litigation and/or the Released Claims where the purported class would include any member of the Settlement Class; and (iii) attempting to effect Opt-Outs of a class of individuals in any lawsuit or administrative, regulatory, arbitration or other proceeding based on, relating to or arising out of the claims and causes of action or the facts and circumstances giving rise to the Litigation and/or the Released Claims. Any Person who knowingly violates such injunction shall pay the attorneys’ fees and costs incurred by Defendants and/or any other Released Person and Settlement Class Counsel as a result of the violation. This Settlement Agreement is not intended to prevent members of the Settlement Class from participating in any action or investigation initiated by a state or federal agency; and
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Sources: Settlement Agreement, Settlement Agreement
Preliminary Injunction. In further aid of the Court’s jurisdiction to implement and enforce the Settlement, provides that the Named Plaintiffs and members of the Settlement Class and their counsel are preliminarily enjoined and barred (solely during the period from entry of the Preliminary Approval this Order until the decision whether to grant a Final Order and Judgment after the Fairness Hearing) from (i) filing, commencing, prosecuting, intervening in or participating (as a plaintiff, claimant, class member, or otherwise) in any other lawsuit or administrative, regulatory, arbitration or other proceeding in any jurisdiction based on, relating to or arising out of the claims and causes of action or the facts and circumstances giving rise to the Litigation and/or the Released Claims as set forth in the Settlement Agreement (unless and until they have timely excluded themselves from the Settlement Class); (ii) filing, commencing, participating in or prosecuting (including by seeking to amend a pending complaint to include class allegations or seeking class certification in a pending action) a lawsuit or administrative, regulatory, arbitration or other proceeding as a class action based on, relating to or arising out of the claims and causes of action or the facts and circumstances giving rise to the Litigation and/or the Released Claims as set forth in the Settlement Agreement where the purported class would include any member of the Settlement Class; and (iii) attempting to effect Opt-Outs of a class of individuals in any lawsuit or administrative, regulatory, arbitration or other proceeding based on, relating to or arising out of the claims and causes of action or the facts and circumstances giving rise to the Litigation and/or the Released ClaimsClaims as set forth in the Settlement Agreement. Any Person who knowingly violates such injunction shall pay the attorneys’ fees and costs incurred by Defendants and/or any other Released Person (as defined in the Settlement Agreement) and Settlement Class Counsel as a result of the violation. This Settlement Agreement is injunction does not intended to prevent members of the Settlement Class from participating in any action or investigation initiated by a state or federal agency; and.
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Sources: Settlement Agreement