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Nature of Suit Code: 720
Nature of Suit: Labor Management Relations Act
Cause of Action: 29:185 Labor/Mgt. Relations (Contracts)

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DIANE SIDD-CHAMPION - 78140 

WYLI E, McBRIDE, PLATTEN & RENNER 

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San Francisco, California 94105 

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UNITED STA TES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

11 GENERAL EMPLOYEES TRUST FUND and 

BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF GENERAL 

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HOLDINGS, INC.; MERCHANTS 

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REILLY GROUP, INC.; and CLINTON 

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Case No. 16-cv-00063 VC 

SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND 

STIPULATION FOR CONDITIONAL 

DISMISSAL AND ENTRY OF 

JUDGMENT UPON DEFAULT 

20 COME NOW petitioners General Employees Trust Fund and Board of Trustees of General 

21 Employees Trust Fund (collectively, "Trust Fund") and respondents Merchants Exchange Building 

22 Holdings, Inc.; Merchants Exchange Building LLC; The Clinton Reilly Group, Inc.; and Clinton 

23 Reilly Holdings LLC (collectively, "Employer") and hereby enter into this Settlement Agreement 

24 and Stipulation for Conditional Dismissal and Entry of Judgment upon Default ("Agreement"), 

25 stipulating and agreeing as follows: 

26 I. The Trust Fund has alleged that the Employer failed to make fringe benefit contributions on 

27 a timely basis on account of work performed by the Employer's employees during the period from 

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SETTLEMENT AGR EEMENT AND STIPULATION FOR CONDITIONAL DISM ISSAL AND ENTRY OF JUDGMENT 

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January I, 2010 through December 31 , 2012, as more fully appears in the Petition to Confirm 

2 Arbitration Award. 

3 2. The Trust Fund caused audits to be conducted of the books and records of the Employer for 

4 the period from January 1, 20 I 0 through December 31 , 201 2 ("Audits"). The Audits showed that 

5 the Employer owed monies to the Trust Fund. When the Employer failed to pay the monies found 

6 in the Audits, the Trust Fund referred the matter to final and binding expedited arbitration. The 

7 arbitration award found that the Employer owed the Trust Fund $1 12,605 .89 plus interest from 

8 August 20, 2015 until paid. 

9 3. The Trust Fund and the Employer (collectively, the "Parties," and, individually, a "Party") 

10 now desire to settle this matter and have agreed upon a basis for the adjustment of the matters 

11 alleged in the Petition to Confirm Arbitration Award and the entry of a judgment in Case No. I 6-cv12 00063 VC (the "Action") pursuant to the terms of this Agreement. 

13 4. The Employer agrees to the entry of judgment in the amount of $119, 759.02, plus interest at 

14 the rate of fifteen dollars and fifty-seven cents ($15.57) per day from February 2, 2016 until paid, to 

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16 (a) The Employer shall make one (1) payment of fifty-nine thousand eight hundred seventy17 nine dollars and fifty-one cents ($59,879.51) on or before March 15, 2016 or within ten 

18 (I 0) business days after the entry of the Order set forth at the end of this Agreement, 

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20 (b) The Employer shall make five (5) payments of nine thousand nine hundred seventy- nine 

21 dollars and ninety-two cents ($9,979.92) on or before the 15th day of each month 

22 beginning on April 15 , 2016 and ending on August 15, 2016. 

23 (c) The Employer shal l make one (I) payment of nine thousand nine hundred seventy- nine 

24 dollars and ninety-one cents ($9,979.91) on or before September 15, 2016. 

25 (d) All the foregoing payments shall be in the form of checks made payable to "General 

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Wylie, McBride, Platten & Renner 

605 Market Street, Suite 1200 

San Francisco, CA 94105 

5. The Parties request that the Action be conditionally dismissed upon the entry of the Order set 

forth at the end of this Agreement. 

6. The Employer agrees to remain current in its future obligations to submit timely frin ge 

benefit contributions to the Trust Fund for the work months from February 2016 through the final 

date of payment made under this Agreement. If the Employer fa ils to submit a report fo rm to the 

Trust Fund or to pay any monthly frin ge benefit contributions indicated on the report fo rm by the 

twentieth (20th) day of the month fo llowing the work month for the work months from February 

2016 through the final date of payment, it is agreed that the Employer shall be deemed in default and 

breach of this Agreement. 

7. If the Employer fa ils to pay any installment due under this Agreement by the due date set 

forth in this Agreement, it is agreed that the Employer shall be deemed in default and breach of this 

Agreement. 

8. ln the event of a default or breach under the terms of Paragraph 6 or Paragraph 7 of this 

Agreement, it is agreed that the Trust Fund may, without notice, move the Court to revoke the 

dismissal and enter judgment in favor of the Trust Fund and against the Employer. The Parties 

agree that if judgment is entered, the judgment shall be in the amount of one hundred nineteen 

thousand seven hundred fifty-nine dollars and two cents ($119,759.02), less any amounts already 

received pursuant to this Agreement, plus interest of fifteen dollars and fifty-seven cents ($ 15.57) 

per day from February 2, 201 6 until date of entry of judgment; that the judgment will immediately 

fa ll due; and that the Trust Fund will be enabled to execute immediately on the judgment for said 

sum. If there is no default or breach of this Agreement, no judgment shall be entered and the Action 

shall be dismissed with prejudice upon the completion of all payments due under Paragraph 4(a), (b) 

and (c) above. 

9. Upon full payment of all monies due under this Agreement, the Trust Fund shall release and 

forever discharge the Employer and its successors, assigns, officers, agents, and employees from any 

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and all claims and demands related to matters alleged in the Action. The Parties recognize that they 

2 may be mistaken as to the facts and/or law upon which they may be relying in executing this 

3 Agreement, and that such facts and/or law may be other than or different from their present beliefs. 

4 Nonetheless, the Parties intend to, and do hereby, wa ive any and all claims, demands and causes of 

5 action arising out of, or in connection with, the Action, whether such c laims, demands, and causes of 

6 action are known or unknown. The Parties expressly waive and relinquish a ll rights and benefits 

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"A GENERAL RELEASE DOES NOT EXTEND TO CLA IMS 

WHICH THE CREDITOR DOES NOT KNOW OR SUSPECT TO 

EXIST IN HIS OR HER FAVOR AT THE TIME OF EXECUTING 

THE RELEASE, WHICH IF KNOWN TO HIM OR HER MUST 

HAVE MATERIALLY AFFECTED HIS OR HER SETTLEMENT 

WITH THE DEBTOR." 

13 I 0. The Trust Fund reserves its right to audit the Employer for work performed on and after 

14 January I, 201 3, and to collect any additional monies found due in such an audit. The Employer 

15 agrees that this Agreement will not act as a bar to the Trust Fund conducting such an audit or 

16 collecting additional monies found due in such an audit based on work performed on and after 

17 January I, 201 3. Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed as a waiver by the Trust Fund of any 

18 claim for any additional amounts that might be owed as might be disclosed by a subsequent audit of 

19 the Employer's records or by any other means. 

20 11 . This Agreement is made and entered into as a free and voluntary act of the respective Parties, 

21 after be ing provided the opportunity to consult with their own legal counsel and in the exercise of 

22 the ir own judgment, belief, and knowledge of the nature, extent, and duration of the claims hereby 

23 released, and is not made or entered into under the influence of or in reliance upon statements or 

24 representations made by any Party, or any attorney, representative, agent, or other person acting for, 

25 through, or on behalf of any of the Parties, other than as expressly set forth in this Agreement. 

26 12. This Settlement Agreement is a compromise of disputed claims and shall not be construed as 

27 an admission of liability. The Parties have entered into this Agreement sole ly for the purpose of 

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13. Each Party hereto agrees to perform any further acts and to execute and deliver any further 

2 documents which may be reasonably necessary or otherwise reasonab ly required to implement the 

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Communications to Respondents: 

Joseph A. Schwachter 

Littler Mendelson, P.C. 

(prior to March 7, 20 16): 

650 California Street, 20th Floor 

San Francisco, Californ ia 94108 

(on or after March 7, 20 16): 

333 Bush Street, 34th Floor 

San Francisco, CA 94 104 

Telephone: (415) 433- 1940 

Facsimile: (4 15) 399-8490 

Emai l: jschwachter@ littler.com 

650 California Street, 20th Floor 

San Francisco, California 94108 

Telephone: ( 415) 433-1940 

Facsimile: (415) 399-8490 

Email: jschwachter@ littler.com 

Communications to Petitioners: 

Diane Sidd-Champion 

Wylie, McBride, Platten & Renner 

605 Market Street, Suite 1200 

San Francisco, CA 94105 

Telephone: ( 415) 977-0904 

Facsimile: (415) 536-0906 

Emai l: dsidd-champion@wmprlaw.com 

15. This Agreement shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of the Parties, and their 

respective successors and assigns. 

16. The provisions of this Agreement were negotiated by all of the Parties, and this Agreement 

shall be deemed to have been drafted equally by all of the Parties hereto. 

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17. This Agreement was made and entered into in California, and shall be governed by and 

2 construed in accordance with the laws of the State of California. 

3 l 8. Each Party is to bear its respective attorneys' fees and costs incurred in the Action. 

4 However, should the Trust Fund be required to enter or execute on the judgment pursuant to the 

5 terms of this Agreement. the Trust Fund may recover all attorneys' fees and costs incurred by it on 

6 and after February 2, 2016 in the Action . 

7 19. The Parties acknowledge that they have read this Agreement. that they have had the 

8 opportunity to consult with and were represented by counsel in reaching this Agreement, and that 

9 they fully understand and voluntarily accept the terms of this Agreement. Each individual signing 

10 this Agreement on behalf of a Party represents and warrants that he or she is a duly appointed agent 

11 or duly elected officer of that Party and each has the right, power, legal capacity. and authority to 

12 enter into and perform the obligations under this Agreement on their own behalf. 

13 20. All prior oral and written representations, covenants, agreements, and contracts discussed or 

14 entered into by the Parties hereto, or their representatives. are merged into and superseded by this 

JS Agreement. and this Agreement constitutes the sole and entire agreement between the Parties. 

16 21. The provisions and terms of this Agreement are severable, existing separately from one 

17 another. If any part of this Agreement is determined to be unenforceable by a court of competent 

18 jurisdiction, the other provisions shall remain fully valid and enforceable. 

19 22. This Agreement may be amended only by a writing signed by the Parties hereto. 

20 23. This Agreement may be executed in multiple counterparts, each of which shall constitute an 

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Dated: M~~ 3 , 2016 

MERCHANTS EXCHANGE BUILDING 

HOLDINGS, INC.; MERCHANTS 

EXCHANGE BUILDING LLC; THE 

CLINTON REILLY GROUP, INC.; and ::JNT°{J}li;GS LLC 

SETfl.EMENT AGREEMENT AND STIPULATION FOR CONDITIONAL DISMISSAL AND ENTRY or JUfXiMENT 

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APPROVED AS TO FORM: 

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IT IS SO ORDERED. 

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GENERAL EMPLOYEES TRUST 

FUND and BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF 

GENERAL EMPLOYEES TRUST 

FUND 

By: ____________ _ 

Chairperson 

LITTLER MENDELSON, P.C. 

By ~!l,/)Jw>di0_ , :j{selJA. sdiwachter 

Attorneys for Respondents 

WYLIE, McBRIDE, PLATTEN & 

RENNER 

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Diane Sidd-Champion 

Attorneys for Petitioners 

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VINCE CHHABRIA 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 

SETfl.EMENT AGREEMENT AND STIPULATION FOR CONDITIONAL DISMISSAL AND ENTRY OF JlJLXJMENT 

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GENERAL EMPLOYEES TRUST 

FUND and BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF 

GENERAL EMPLOYEES TRUST 

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ByChairperson • ~ 

LITTLER MENDELSON, P.C. 

By: ___________ _ 

Joseph A. Schwachter 

Attorneys for Respondents 

WYLIE, McBRIDE, PLATTEN & 

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iaJ1'e Sidd-Champion 

Attorneys for Petitioners 

By: _ ____________ _ 

VINCE CHHABRIA 

UNITED STA TES DISTRICT JUDGE 

SETTLEM ENT AGREEM ENT AN D STIPULATION FOR CONDITIONAL DISM ISSAL AN D ENTRY OF .J UDGMENT 

UPON DEFAULT; Case No. 16-cv-00063 VC 

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