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

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REVISED STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER: (1) ADOPTING SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT OF SPECIAL C 04-4440, C 07-801 

MASTER; (2) APPROVING CLASS NOTICE; AND (3) SETTING DEADLINES 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

GUITA BAHRAMIPOUR, AUSTIN 

HEBERGER, JR., and JANELLA 

HAIRSTON, individually, and on behalf of 

all others similarly situated, 

Plaintiffs, 

vs. 

CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC., 

formerly known as SALOMON SMITH 

BARNEY, INC., 

Defendant. 

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LARRY A. LaVOICE, DONITA A. 

WILLIAMS, KENNETH W. GLICK, 

LEWIS SHAPIRO, and FRANCIS P. 

HEATH, MARK BRAHNEY, TERRY FOX, 

KEITH GILLMAN, STEVEN KOLODNER, 

ANGELO MASSARO, RONALD 

ROSENZWEIG, ROBERT SCRABIS, and 

JOSEPH BLOOD, individually, and on 

behalf of all others similarly situated, 

Plaintiffs, 

vs. 

CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC., 

formerly known as SALOMON SMITH 

BARNEY, INC. 

Defendant. 

Case No. C 04-04440 CW 

Case No. C 07-801 CW 

REVISED STIPULATION AND ORDER: (1) 

ADOPTING SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT OF 

SPECIAL MASTER; (2) APPROVING CLASS 

NOTICE; AND (3) SETTING DEADLINES 

Hon. Claudia Wilken 

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REVISED STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER: (1) ADOPTING SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT OF SPECIAL C 04-4440, C 07-801 

MASTER; (2) APPROVING CLASS NOTICE; AND (3) SETTING DEADLINES 

 The Class Representatives, Austin Heberger, Jr., Janella Hairston, Larry A. LaVoice, 

Donita A. Williams, Kenneth W. Glick, Lewis Shapiro, Francis P. Heath, Mark Brahney, Terry 

Fox, Keith Gillman, Steven Kolodner, Angelo Massaro, Ronald Rosenzweig, Robert Scrabis, and 

Joseph Blood (collectively the “Class Representatives”), by and through Co-Lead Class Counsel, 

Dostart Clapp Gordon & Coveney, LLP and Wolf Haldenstein Adler Freeman & Herz LLP, and 

defendant Smith Barney, a division of Citigroup Global Markets Inc., (“CGMI”), by and through 

its attorneys O’Melveny & Myers LLP, hereby stipulate as follows: 

RECITALS

 A. On February 16, 2007, the Class Representatives and CGMI entered into a 

proposed class action settlement (“Settlement”), the terms of which are contained in the Joint 

Stipulation of Class Action Settlement and Release (“Stipulation”), filed in Case No. 04-4440 as 

Docket No. 52. On March 2, 2007, the Court entered an order preliminarily approving the 

Settlement. See Docket No. 63. 

 B. In accordance with Section VII.C of the Stipulation, on April 11, 2007, the parties 

participated in a hearing before the Court-appointed Special Master, the Hon. Charles A. Legge 

(Ret.). The purpose of the hearing was for the Special Master to recommend an allocation of the 

Settlement proceeds between the states and territories covered by the Settlement. On April 26, 

2007, the Special Master issued the “Report, Findings and Recommendations of the Special 

Master” (“Report”), which set forth his proposed allocation. See Docket No. 70. On May 7, 

2007, plaintiffs moved the Court to adopt the Report, and on May 11, 2007, the Court granted 

plaintiffs’ motion. See Docket No. 78. The Court’s May 11, 2007 order also approved the form 

of class notice, which incorporated the Special Master’s proposed allocation, and set deadlines for 

mailing the notice and carrying out the other terms of the Settlement. 

 C. As set forth in the Report, the Special Master’s proposed allocation was based, in 

part, on information concerning the number of months worked by the class members during the 

applicable federal and state limitations periods. Some of this work-month information had been 

prepared by CGMI’s outside consultant based on CGMI’s payroll and human resources records, 

and then provided to Co-Lead Class Counsel. On May 21, 2007, CGMI’s counsel advised CoCase 4:07-cv-00801-CW Document 38 Filed 09/05/07 Page 2 of 5
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REVISED STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER: (1) ADOPTING SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT OF SPECIAL C 04-4440, C 07-801 

MASTER; (2) APPROVING CLASS NOTICE; AND (3) SETTING DEADLINES 

Lead Class Counsel that the work-month information undergirding the proposed allocation was 

incorrect due to a mathematical error by CGMI’s consultant. In fact, the class members worked 

more months during the applicable limitations periods than Co-Lead Class Counsel had 

previously been advised. 

 D. Following several weeks of discussions, on June 22, 2007, the parties entered into 

the “Addendum to Joint Stipulation of Class Action Settlement and Release,” Docket No. 80 

(“Addendum”). The Addendum provided, inter alia, that the interest rate on the settlement fund 

would be increased by two percentage points and that the settlement fund would become entirely 

non-reversionary: i.e., no portion of the settlement fund would revert to the defendant. 

 E. On July 2, 2007, the Court preliminarily approved the Addendum. See Docket No. 

81. In that same order, the Court directed the parties to consult with the Special Master to 

determine whether the allocation formula set forth in the Report should remain in effect in light of 

the corrected work-month data. Id. at page 7, lines 7-12. Upon completing these consultations 

with the Special Master, the parties were to submit a revised class notice and schedule to the 

Court. Id. at 7, lines 13-15. 

 F. The parties conferred with the Special Master on July 18 and again on August 13, 

2007. On August 15, 2007, the Special Master issued the “Supplemental Report, Findings and 

Recommendations of the Special Master,” Docket No. 84 (“Supplemental Report”). In the 

Supplemental Report, the Special Master found that, despite the increased number of workmonths, the allocation formula set forth in the April 26, 2007 Report (Docket No. 70) remained 

fair, reasonable and adequate. See Supplemental Report, page 4, lines 2-4. 

TERMS OF STIPULATION

 NOW THEREFORE, the parties hereby stipulate as follows: 

 1. Pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 53(g), plaintiffs request that the Court adopt the 

Supplemental Report in its entirety. CGMI does not oppose this request. 

 2. Attached hereto as Exhibit 1 is a revised “Notice of Class Action Settlement” 

(“Notice”), which sets forth the expected recovery amounts in light of the corrected work-month 

data. The parties agree to the form of the Notice and jointly request that the Court approve the 

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REVISED STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER: (1) ADOPTING SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT OF SPECIAL C 04-4440, C 07-801 

MASTER; (2) APPROVING CLASS NOTICE; AND (3) SETTING DEADLINES 

Notice and authorize Rust Consulting, the appointed claims administrator, to mail it pursuant to 

the terms of the Stipulation. 

 3. The parties jointly request that the Court set the following schedule for carrying 

out the Settlement: 

Date Action

September 7, 2007 The Claims Administrator, Rust Consulting, shall 

mail the Notice, Claim Form, and Request for 

Exclusion, and arrange for publication of the Notice, 

as provided in Section VIII(C) of the Stipulation. 

September 14, 2007 The Claims Administrator, Rust Consulting, shall 

mail the supplemental Class Action Fairness Act 

notice as described in Section VIII(A) of the 

Stipulation. 

November 6, 2007 Last day for class members to file and serve 

objections to Settlement, or to postmark their Claim 

Forms or Requests for Exclusion from the 

Settlement. 

 

November 13, 2007, 5:00 p.m. Hearing before the Special Master, the Hon. Charles 

A. Legge (Ret.), to consider any objections to the 

allocation of Settlement proceeds. The hearing will 

take place at JAMS, Two Embarcadero Center, Ste. 

1500, San Francisco, CA 94111. 

December 6, 2007 Last day for the Class Representatives to file their 

motions for final approval of the Settlement and for 

awards of attorney’s fees, costs, and plaintiff 

enhancements. 

January 10, 2008, 2:00 p.m. Final approval hearing. 

 

 IT IS SO STIPULATED. 

Dated: August __, 2007 DOSTART CLAPP GORDON & COVENEY, LLP 

 

 _________/S/_______________________________ 

 JAMES F. CLAPP 

 Co-Lead Class Counsel 

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REVISED STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER: (1) ADOPTING SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT OF SPECIAL C 04-4440, C 07-801 

MASTER; (2) APPROVING CLASS NOTICE; AND (3) SETTING DEADLINES 

Dated: August 28, 2007 WOLF HALDENSTEIN ADLER FREEMAN 

 & HERZ LLP 

 _________/S/_________________________ 

 JEFFREY G. SMITH 

 Co-Lead Class Counsel 

Dated: August 28, 2007 O’MELVENY & MYERS LLP 

 _________/S/_________________________ 

 FRAMROZE M. VIRJEE 

 CHRIS A. HOLLINGER 

 Attorneys for Defendant 

ORDER

 After reviewing the Supplemental Report and the foregoing stipulation, and in light of the 

Court’s prior rulings granting preliminary approval of both the Settlement and the Addendum, the 

Court finds and orders as follows: 

 1. The Court has reviewed the Special Master’s factual findings for clear error and 

his legal conclusions de novo. Pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 53(g), the Court adopts and affirms the 

Supplemental Report in its entirety. 

 2. The Court approves the Notice attached hereto as Exhibit 1. 

 3. The Court approves the schedule set forth in paragraph 3 above and orders the 

parties to carry out the Settlement as provided in that schedule. 

 IT IS SO ORDERED. 

 9/5/07 

Dated: ___________________ _______________________________________ 

 HON. CLAUDIA WILKEN 

 United States District Court Judge 

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