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Nature of Suit Code: 410
Nature of Suit: Antitrust
Cause of Action: 15:15 Antitrust Litigation

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

IN RE: NATIONAL COLLEGIATE 

ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION ATHLETIC 

GRANT-IN-AID LITIGATION 

 

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No. MD 14-2541 CW 

ORDER (1) DENYING 

THE FLOYD 

PLAINTIFFS' MOTION 

TO APPOINT 

HAUSFELD LLP AND 

ZELLE HOFMANN 

VOELBEL & MASON 

LLP AS CO-LEAD 

COUNSEL; 

(2) DENYING THE 

APPLICATION TO 

APPOINT THE DUGAN 

LAW FIRM AS 

ADDITIONAL CO-LEAD 

COUNSEL; AND 

(3) APPOINTING 

PLAINTIFFS' 

INTERIM CO-LEAD 

CLASS COUNSEL 

(Docket Nos. 32, 

33) 

This matter comes before the Court on (1) the Floyd 

Plaintiffs' Motion to Appoint Hausfeld LLP and Zelle Hofmann 

Voelbel & Mason LLP as Co-Lead Counsel (Docket No. 32), and 

(2) the Application to Appoint Dugan Law Firm as Additional CoLead Class Counsel (Docket No. 33).1 Upon consideration of the 

papers submitted in support of and in opposition thereto, and with 

good cause appearing, the motions are DENIED. 

 1 Docket No. 33 is styled not as a motion, but as an 

application. However, it is docketed as a motion, and because it 

seeks the same sort of relief sought in Docket No. 32, the Court 

treats both as motions. 

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The Court previously appointed Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro 

LLP, Pearson, Simon & Warshaw LLP, and Winston & Strawn as 

Plaintiffs' Interim Co-Lead Class Counsel. The Court reaffirms 

its appointment of those firms as Plaintiffs' Interim Co-Lead 

Class Counsel. Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP and Pearson, Simon 

& Warshaw will have primary responsibility for all cases with 

damage claims, and for the consolidated actions, as well as for 

any additional actions that are consolidated with these cases. 

Winston & Strawn will have primary responsibility for the Jenkins 

case, which has no damage claims. Interim Co-Lead Class Counsel 

shall be responsible for the overall conduct of the litigation on 

behalf of the Class Plaintiffs. 

Interim Co-Lead Class Counsel shall have the following 

specific responsibilities with respect to this litigation on 

behalf of the Class Plaintiffs: 

1. To coordinate and make work assignments among themselves 

and other Plaintiffs' counsel to promote efficient prosecution of 

this litigation and to avoid duplication of work; 

2. To prepare and file a consolidated amended complaint and 

all other necessary pleadings and filings in this matter; 

3. To initiate and conduct all discovery proceedings and 

communicate with Defendants' counsel with respect to same on all 

issues related to the Class Plaintiffs; 

4. To coordinate all motions, requests for discovery, 

expert work and other pretrial proceedings regarding the position 

of all the Class Plaintiffs. No motion, request for discovery, or 

other pretrial proceedings in this litigation shall be initiated 

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or filed by any class member except through Interim Co-Lead Class 

Counsel; 

5. To conduct any trials in these proceedings on behalf of 

class members; 

6. To meet with defense counsel with respect to settlement 

and other members on behalf of Class Plaintiffs; 

7. To record and administer all time and expenses of 

counsel and staff in these and any other consolidated class action 

cases on a form set forth by Interim Co-Lead Class Counsel on a 

monthly basis or on such other schedule as may be established. 

Failure to maintain and timely submit such records will be 

considered in any fee allocation and may constitute grounds for 

denying court-awarded attorneys' fees; 

8. To assess Plaintiffs' law firms' common litigation costs 

and collect assessments on a regular basis; and 

9. To allocate any award of attorneys' fees among 

Plaintiffs' counsel. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: August 22, 2014 

CLAUDIA WILKEN 

United States District Judge 

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