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Nature of Suit Code: 710
Nature of Suit: Fair Labor Standards Act
Cause of Action: 29:0401 Labor Management Disclosure Act

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Case No. C-06-4068 MMC [PROPOSED] ORDER APPOINTING THE HON. 

C. LEGGE AS MASTER PURSUANT TO THE 

STIPULATION OF PARTIES

M. KIRBY C. WILCOX (SB# 78576) kirbywilcox@paulhastings.com 

MICHAEL M. PFYL (SB# 240925) michaelpfyl@paulhastings.com 

MOLLY HARCOS (SB# 233556) mollyharcos@paulhastings.com 

PAUL, HASTINGS, JANOFSKY & WALKER LLP 

55 Second Street 

Twenty-Fourth Floor 

San Francisco, CA 94105-3441 

Telephone: (415) 856-7000 

Facsimile: (415) 856-7100 

Attorneys for Defendant 

UBS FINANCIAL SERVICES INC. 

KEVIN J. McINERNEY (NY SB# KM-0163) 

CHARLES A. JONES (SB# 224915) 

McINERNEY & JONES 

18124 Wedge Parkway, #503 

Reno, NV 89511 

Telephone: (775) 849-3811 

Facsimile: (775) 849-3866 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

JOSEPH GLASS, DANTE DIFRANCESCO, 

RALPH CARBONE, AND DAVID BACHRACH 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

JOSEPH GLASS , DANTE 

DIFRANCESCO, RALPH CARBONE, 

AND DAVID BACHRACH, individually, 

and on behalf of all others similarly 

situated, 

Plaintiffs,

vs.

UBS FINANCIAL SERVICES INC., a 

corporation; UBS PAINE WEBBER, a 

corporation; and PAINE WEBBER 

GROUP INC., a corporation, 

Defendants.

CASE NO. C-06-4068 MMC 

[PROPOSED] ORDER APPOINTING THE 

HONORABLE CHARLES LEGGE AS 

MASTER PURSUANT TO THE 

STIPULATION OF PARTIES 

Date: December 15, 2006 

Time: 9:00 a.m. 

Location: Room 7 

Judge: Hon. Maxine M. Chesney 

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Case No. C-06-4068 MMC -2-

[PROPOSED] ORDER APPOINTING THE HON. 

C. LEGGE AS MASTER PURSUANT TO THE 

STIPULATION OF PARTIES

WHEREAS, the plaintiff class by its undersigned counsel, Kevin J. McInerney, 

Esq., and the defendant UBS Financial Services Inc. by its counsel, M. Kirby C. Wilcox, Esq., 

have entered into a proposed settlement of this action that has been granted preliminary approval 

by this Court, and 

WHEREAS, the parties advised the Court at the time of the hearing for 

preliminary approval that they contemplated the assistance of a retired Federal Judge to review 

issues or questions that arose relative to the allocation among different states of the settlement 

proceeds, and 

WHEREAS, the Court’s inquiry into the fairness of the settlement is likely to 

require considerable expenditure of time and resources because the settlement encompasses issues 

related not only to federal wage and hour laws, but also to the laws of multiple states and 

territories; and 

WHEREAS, it would be beneficial for the Court to delegate some of its authority 

to an experienced evaluator, the Honorable Charles A. Legge, to examine the allocation formula 

in the settlement as well as any challenges to that allocation and issue a finding as to whether it is 

fair, adequate and reasonable, and

WHEREAS, the Court could then adopt Judge Legge’s findings or revisit them at 

the January 19, 2007 fairness hearing, and 

WHEREAS, the parties consent to the appointment of a master pursuant to Rule 

53 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, and 

WHEREAS, the parties have reserved the days of January 4 and January 5, 2007 

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Case No. C-06-4068 MMC -3-

[PROPOSED] ORDER APPOINTING THE HON. 

C. LEGGE AS MASTER PURSUANT TO THE 

STIPULATION OF PARTIES

for Judge Legge to hear any objections to the allocation of settlement proceeds among the states 

as discussed above, pursuant to the terms of the Stipulation for Settlement, and 

WHEREAS, Judge Legge has not indicated that there is any ground for 

disqualification under 28 USC § 455 and the parties, in any event, waive any possible 

disqualification,

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that retired Judge Charles A. Legge, currently a 

mediator and arbitrator with JAMS in San Francisco, is appointed as Master to hear and 

determine whether the allocation formula in the settlement is fair, reasonable and adequate in 

light of any timely challenges to that allocation. The Master shall proceed with all reasonable 

diligence. He shall have authority to direct persons to appear before him, administer oaths and 

take testimony and records and preserve any such testimony or evidence, and render a written 

report to this Court making appropriate findings prior to this Court’s fairness hearing currently set 

for January 19, 2007 at 9:00 a.m. The Master shall be compensated at the rates that he charges 

for such services through his employer, JAMS, and Class Counsel shall absorb that 

compensation, unless the Court directs a different rate of compensation or a different allocation of 

such compensation under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 53(h). 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the parties shall serve a copy of this order on all 

class members who have filed timely objections to the proposed settlement as well as on proposed 

amicus the Attorney General of the State of New York, and the parties shall notify all such 

persons forthwith, in writing, of the date, time, and location of the hearing before Judge Legge. 

DATED: December 7, 2006. ________________________________________ 

MAXINE M. CHESNEY 

United States District Judge 

LEGAL_US_W # 55212500.3

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