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Nature of Suit Code: 710
Nature of Suit: Fair Labor Standards Act
Cause of Action: 29:201 Fair Labor Standards Act

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Case No. 13-CV-05006-LHK 

ORDER REGARDING CLASS COUNSEL’S BILLING RECORDS AND BILLING RATE AND ORDER 

REQUESTING UPDATE ON NUMBER OF CLAIM FORMS

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN JOSE DIVISION

JEFFREY LAPAN, et al.,

Plaintiffs,

v.

PVH CORP, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 13-CV-05006-LHK 

ORDER REGARDING CLASS 

COUNSEL’S BILLING RECORDS AND 

BILLING RATE AND ORDER 

REQUESTING UPDATE ON NUMBER 

OF CLAIM FORMS

In Plaintiffs’ motion for final approval of class action settlement, Class Counsel reported a 

lodestar figure of $293,752.50. ECF No. 98 at 24. Class Counsel, however, did not submit 

documentation to support the total number of hours billed or the hourly rate of the two attorneys 

and one paralegal who worked on the instant action. Class Counsel stated that “[s]hould the Court 

require review of Class Counsel’s detailed and contemporaneous billing records, Class Counsel 

[would] provide such records for the Court’s review in camera.” Id. 

The Court hereby ORDERS Class Counsel to file detailed and contemporaneous billing 

records documenting the total hours billed in this action. Class Counsel shall also file 

documentation supporting Class Counsel’s hourly billing rates. In particular, Class Counsel shall 

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specify whether any federal or state court has awarded billing rates of $750.00 and $650.00 per 

hour to Edward Wynne or J.E.B. Pickett, respectively. Class Counsel shall file these documents 

by noon on January 13, 2016. These documents shall be publicly viewable and are not to be filed 

in camera or under seal. 

In addition, in the motion for final approval, the parties state that they “agreed to extend 

the deadline for class members to submit claims up through January 6, 2016.” Id. at 1. 

Accordingly, the Court hereby ORDERS Class Counsel to file by noon on January 13, 2016 a 

statement updating the Court on the total number of claims forms that have now been submitted. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 10, 2016

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LUCY H. KOH

United States District Judge

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