Common use of Procedures for Objecting to the Settlement Clause in Contracts

Procedures for Objecting to the Settlement. (i) Settlement Class Members seeking to object to the Settlement must timely file and serve such objection at least twenty-one (21) days prior to the Final Approval Hearing. The Notices mailed to Settlement Class Members shall contain the requirements and information set forth in this subsection. (ii) To object, Settlement Class Members must file with the Court and serve on Counsel for the Parties listed in Section 23 below by first-class mail a written statement describing their reasons for objecting to the Settlement. No person shall be entitled to be heard at the Final Approval Hearing (whether individually or through separate counsel) or to object to the Settlement, and no written objections or briefs submitted by any person shall be received or considered by the Court at the Final Approval Hearing, unless such written statement of objections and supporting materials are timely filed and served as set forth herein. (iii) Persons who fail to file and serve timely written objections in the manner specified above shall be deemed to have waived any objections and shall be foreclosed from making any objection (whether by appeal or otherwise) to the Settlement. Persons who are not Settlement Class Members or who submit a timely request to opt out of the Settlement (if a member of the State Settlement Class), may not object to the Settlement, and any objections filed by such persons will be null and void.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Settlement Agreement

Procedures for Objecting to the Settlement. (i) a. Settlement Class Members seeking to object to the Settlement must timely file and serve such objection at least twenty-one (21) days prior to by the Final Approval Hearingclose of the Claims Period. The Notices mailed to Settlement Class Members or published shall contain the requirements and information set forth in this subsection. (ii) b. To object, Settlement Class Members must file with the Court and serve on Counsel for the Parties listed in Section 23 17 below by first-class mail a short written statement describing their reasons for objecting to the Settlement. No person shall be entitled to be heard at the Final Approval Hearing (whether individually or through separate counsel) or to object to the Settlement, and no written objections or briefs submitted by any person shall be received or considered by the Court at the Final Approval Hearing, unless such written statement of objections and supporting materials are timely filed and served as set forth herein. (iii) c. Persons who fail to file and serve timely written objections in the manner specified above shall be deemed to have waived any objections and shall be foreclosed from making any objection (whether by appeal or otherwise) to the Settlement. Persons who are not Settlement Class Members or who submit a timely request to opt out of the Settlement (if a member of the State Settlement Rule 23 Class), may not object to the Settlement, and any objections filed by such persons will be null and void.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Settlement Agreement