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Nature of Suit Code: 890
Nature of Suit: Other Statutory Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Fed. Question

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[PROPOSED] ORDER APPROVING PROTOCOL FOR 

DISSEMINATING NOTIFICATION TO THE CERTIFIED 

CLASSES, AND APPOINTING JND LEGAL 

ADMINISTRATION AS THE NOTICE ADMINISTRATOR 

Case No. 3:13-cv-03072-EMC

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STEVE W. BERMAN (pro hac vice)

CATHERINE Y.N. GANNON (pro hac vice)

TYLER WEAVER (pro hac vice)

CRAIG SPIEGEL (122000)

HAGENS BERMAN SOBOL SHAPIRO LLP

1918 Eighth Avenue, Suite 3300

Seattle, Washington 98101

Telephone: (206) 623-7292

steve@hbsslaw.com

catherineg@hbsslaw.com

tyler@hbsslaw.com

craigs@hbsslaw.com

ROLAND TELLIS (186269)

MARK PIFKO (228412)

BARON & BUDD, P.C.

15910 Ventura Boulevard, Suite 1600

Encino, California 91436

Telephone: (818) 839-2320

rtellis@baronbudd.com

mpifko@baronbudd.com

Class Counsel

ADAM J. LEVITT (pro hac vice)

JOHN E. TANGREN (pro hac vice)

DICELLO LEVITT & CASEY LLC

Ten North Dearborn Street

Eleventh Floor

Chicago, Illinois 60602

Telephone: (312) 214-7900

alevitt@dlcfirm.com

NICHOLAS E. CHIMICLES (pro hac vice)

BENJAMIN F. JOHNS (pro hac vice)

CHIMICLES & TIKELLIS LLP

One Haverford Centre

361 West Lancaster Avenue

Haverford, Pennsylvania 19041

Telephone: (610) 642-8500

nick@chimicles.com

bfj@chimicles.com

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

IN RE 

MYFORD TOUCH CONSUMER

LITIGATION

Case No. 3:13-cv-03072-EMC

[PROPOSED] ORDER APPROVING 

PROTOCOL FOR DISSEMINATING 

NOTIFICATION TO THE CERTIFIED 

CLASSES, AND APPOINTING JND 

LEGAL ADMINISTRATION AS THE 

NOTICE ADMINISTRATOR

Judge: Hon. Edward M. Chen

Case 3:13-cv-03072-EMC Document 348 Filed 10/13/17 Page 1 of 7
[PROPOSED] ORDER APPROVING PROTOCOL FOR 

DISSEMINATING NOTIFICATION TO THE CERTIFIED 

CLASSES, AND APPOINTING JND LEGAL 

ADMINISTRATION AS THE NOTICE ADMINISTRATOR 

Case No. 3:13-cv-03072-EMC

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Plaintiffs, after having conferred with counsel for Defendant Ford Motor Company 

(“Defendant”) and with the proposed notice administrator, JND Legal Administration (“JND”), 

hereby submit the following notice protocol for approval by the Court:

1. Plaintiffs will obtain, from two databases previously provided by Ford in discovery, a 

total of 1,342,092 VIN numbers for class vehicles purchased or leased in the United States (the “VIN 

List”). The Plaintiffs, through the notice administrator, will run the VIN List through the 

Departments of Motor Vehicles (“DMV”) in each of the eight class states to identify all original and 

subsequent lessees/purchasers in those states.

2. Plaintiffs will give the VIN List to the notice administrator, who will work with the 

relevant DMVs to cross check those 1,342,092 VINs for all original and subsequent vehicle 

transactions made in each of the eight class states before August 9, 2013. This Court entered an order 

on September 14, 2017 authorizing the notice administrator to receive this information back from the 

DMVs for the purpose of effectuating notice. See Dkt. 332.

3. Before mailing the postcard notice, the notice administrator will first update the 

addresses it receives from the DMVs by running them through a national change of address database.

It will then mail the Court-approved postcard notice to all of these addresses.

4. The notice administrator will also provide the information it receives back from the 

state DMVs to Ford so that it can provide any e-mail addresses it has that are associated with those 

purchasers/lessees. Any such e-mail addresses will then be provided by Ford to JND, which will 

send the Court-approved e-mail notice to these addresses.

5. The notice administrator will establish and maintain a dedicated website that will 

contain the information in the Long Form Notice that was approved by the Court. See Dkt. 330.

6. Any timely submitted opt-out or exclusion forms will be collected by the notice 

administrator. Shortly after the deadline for opt-outs (January 29, 2018), the notice administrator will 

file a declaration with the Court confirming that the above steps were undertaken, and identifying 

any class members who timely elect to exclude themselves. 

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[PROPOSED] ORDER APPROVING PROTOCOL FOR 

DISSEMINATING NOTIFICATION TO THE CERTIFIED 

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ADMINISTRATION AS THE NOTICE ADMINISTRATOR 

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7. Plaintiffs respectfully request that the Court approve their selection of JND as the 

notice administrator. JND has extensive experience administrating complex class action lawsuits, 

both in the context of settlements and litigation classes. A copy of JND’s resume is submitted 

herewith as Exhibit A.

8. Counsel for Ford has reviewed and is not opposed to any of the foregoing.

ORDER

WHEREUPON, the Court having reviewed the foregoing [PROPOSED] ORDER 

APPROVING PROTOCOL FOR DISSEMINATING NOTIFICATION TO THE CERTIFIED 

CLASSES, AND APPOINTING JND LEGAL ADMINISTRATION GROUP AS THE 

NOTICE ADMINISTRATOR, it is hereby ORDERED that (1) the notice protocol described 

above is approved, and (2) Plaintiffs’ selection of JND Legal Administration as the notice 

administrator is approved. 

DATED: October 13, 2017 

Hon. Edward M. Chen

United States District Judge

DATED: October 13, 2017 CHIMICLES & TIKELLIS LLP

By: /s/ Benjamin F. Johns

BENJAMIN F. JOHNS

Nicholas E. Chimicles (pro hac vice)

Benjamin F. Johns (pro hac vice)

CHIMICLES & TIKELLIS LLP

One Haverford Centre

361 West Lancaster Avenue

Haverford, Pennsylvania 19041

Case 3:13-cv-03072-EMC Document 348 Filed 10/13/17 Page 3 of 7
[PROPOSED] ORDER APPROVING PROTOCOL FOR 

DISSEMINATING NOTIFICATION TO THE CERTIFIED 

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ADMINISTRATION AS THE NOTICE ADMINISTRATOR 

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Telephone: (610) 642-8500

E-mail: nick@chimicles.com

E-mail: benjohns@chimicles.com

Steve W. Berman (pro hac vice)

Catherine Y.N. Gannon (pro hac vice)

Tyler Weaver (pro hac vice)

Craig R. Spiegel (122000)

HAGENS BERMAN SOBOL SHAPIRO LLP

1918 Eighth Avenue, Suite 3300

Seattle, WA 98101

Telephone: (206) 623-7292

E-mail: steve@hbsslaw.com

E-mail: catherineg@hbsslaw.com

E-mail: tyler@hbsslaw.com

E-mail: craigs@hbsslaw.com

Adam J. Levitt (pro hac vice)

John E. Tangren (pro hac vice)

DICELLO LEVITT & CASEY LLC

Ten North Dearborn Street

Eleventh Floor

Chicago, Illinois 60602

(Telephone: (312) 214-7900

E-mail: alevitt@dlcfirm.com

E-mail: jtangren@dlcfirm.com

Roland Tellis (186269)

Mark Pifko (228412)

BARON & BUDD, P.C.

15910 Ventura Boulevard, Suite 1600

Encino, California 91436

Telephone: (818) 839-2320

E-mail: rtellis@baronbudd.com

E-mail: mpifko@baronbudd.com

Class Counsel

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[PROPOSED] ORDER APPROVING PROTOCOL FOR 

DISSEMINATING NOTIFICATION TO THE CERTIFIED 

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ADMINISTRATION AS THE NOTICE ADMINISTRATOR 

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DATED: October 13, 2017 O’MELVENY & MYERS LLP

By: /s/ Randall W. Edwards

Randall W. Edwards (179053)

O’MELVENY & MYERS LLP

Two Embarcadero Center, 28th Floor

San Francisco, California 94111

Telephone: (415) 984-8700

E-mail: redwards@omm.com

Warren E. Platt

SNELL & WILMER LLP

Plaza Tower

600 Anton Boulevard, Suite 1400

Costa Mesa, California 92626

Telephone: (714) 427-7000

Email: wplatt@swlaw.com

Janet L. Conigliaro (pro hac vice)

DYKEMA GOSSETT PLLC

400 Renaissance Center

Detroit, Michigan 48243

Telephone: (313) 568-5372

E-mail: jconigliaro@Dykema.com

Attorneys for Defendant

FORD MOTOR COMPANY

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STIPULATION REGARDING CLASS NOTICE PARAMETERS

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ATTESTATION PURSUANT TO LOCAL RULE 5-1(i)(3)

I hereby certify that on October 13, 2017, I electronically filed the foregoing document using 

the CM/ECF system which will send notification of such filing to the email addresses registered in 

the CM/ECF system.

DATED: October 13, 2017 CHIMICLES & TIKELLIS LLP

By: /s/ Benjamin F. Johns

BENJAMIN F. JOHNS

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

The undersigned hereby certifies that a true and accurate copy of the foregoing was filed 

electronically via the Court’s ECF system, on October 13, 2017. Notice of electronic filing will be 

sent to all parties by operation of the Court’s electronic filing system. 

DATED: October 13, 2017 CHIMICLES & TIKELLIS LLP

By: /s/ Benjamin F. Johns

BENJAMIN F. JOHNS

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