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Nature of Suit Code: 890
Nature of Suit: Other Statutory Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Personal Injury

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Case No. 3:15-cv-03578-EDL

[PROPOSED] ORDER AND FINAL JUDGMENT

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

REBEKAH BAHARESTAN and JENA 

MCINTYRE, on behalf of themselves and all 

others similarly situated, 

 Plaintiffs, 

 v. 

VENUS LABORATORIES, INC., dba EARTH 

FRIENDLY PRODUCTS, INC., 

 Defendant. 

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[PROPOSED] ORDER AND FINAL 

JUDGMENT AS MODIFIED 

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On the 15th day of March 2016, a hearing was held before this Court to determine: (1) 

whether the terms and conditions of the Class Settlement Agreement filed with the Court on 

September 29, 2015 (the “Settlement”) are fair, reasonable and adequate for the settlement of all 

claims asserted by the Class against Defendant Venus Laboratories, Inc., d/b/a Earth Friendly 

Products, Inc.’s, (“Venus” or “Defendant”) in the above-captioned action now pending in this 

Court, including the release of Defendant; and, (2) whether judgment should be entered 

dismissing the above-captioned action on the merits and with prejudice in favor of the Defendant 

and as against all persons or entities who are members of the Class herein who have not 

previously and effectively requested exclusion therefrom. 

The Court having considered all matters submitted to it at the hearing and otherwise, and 

confirming that a notice of the proposed settlement and hearing was published in the manner 

previously approved of by the Court: 

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT: 

1. The Court has jurisdiction over the subject matter of the Complaint, Class 

Representatives, all Class Members, and Defendant. 

2. All capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning set forth 

in the Settlement. 

3. The Court finds, for purposes of effectuating this Settlement only, that the 

prerequisites for a class action under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23(a) and (b)(3) have been 

satisfied in that: (a) the number of Class Members is so numerous that joinder of all members 

thereof is impracticable; (b) there are questions of law and fact common to the Class; (c) the 

claims of the Court-appointed Class Representatives are typical of the claims of the Class they 

represent; (d) the Class Representatives have and will continue to fairly and adequately represent 

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the interests of the Class; (e) the questions of law and fact common to the members of the Class 

predominate over any questions affecting only individual members of the Class; and (f) a class 

action is superior to other available methods for the fair and efficient adjudication of the 

controversy. 

4. Pursuant to Rule 23 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, this Court hereby 

finally certifies for purposes of settlement the above-caption actions as a class action on behalf of 

the Settlement Class, defined as: 

All persons who, during the Class Period, both resided in the United States 

and purchased in the United States any of the Earth Friendly Products for 

their household use or personal consumption and not for resale. Excluded 

from the Settlement Class are: (a) Venus’s board members or executivelevel officers, including its attorneys; (b) governmental entities; (c) the 

Court, the Court’s immediate family, and the Court staff; and (d) any 

person that timely and properly excludes himself or herself from the 

Settlement Class in accordance with the procedures approved by the 

Court. 

5. Persons who properly excluded themselves from the Class are listed on Exhibit 1 

annexed hereto. 

6. The form, content and method of notifying the Class of the Settlement of the 

action as a class action and of the terms and conditions of the proposed Settlement met the 

requirements of Rule 23 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, due process, and any other 

applicable law, constituted the best notice practicable under the circumstances, and constituted 

due and sufficient notice to all persons entitled thereto. 

7. The Settlement is the product of substantial, good faith, arm’s length negotiations 

between and among the parties and, pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23, is approved 

as fair, reasonable, and adequate, and the Class Members and the parties are directed to 

consummate the Settlement in accordance with the terms and provisions of the Settlement. 

8. The settlement is fair, adequate, and reasonable. 

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9. The Complaints are hereby dismissed with prejudice and, except as provided in 

the Settlement, without costs to the Defendant. 

10. Halunen Law and The Lexington Law Group are appointed as “Class Counsel” 

under Rule 23(g). 

11. The Class Representatives and members of the Class, and each of their 

successors, assigns, heirs, and personal representatives, are hereby permanently barred and 

enjoined from instituting, commencing or prosecuting any and claim, cross-claim, liability, right, 

demand, suit, matter, obligation, damage, restitution, disgorgement, loss or cost, attorney’s fee or 

expense, action, or cause of every kind and description that Plaintiffs and each member of the 

Settlement Class had or have, including assigned claims, whether in arbitration, administrative, 

or judicial proceedings, whether as individual claims asserted on a class basis or on behalf of the 

general public, whether known or unknown, asserted or unasserted, suspected or unsuspected, 

latent or patent, that is, has been, could reasonably have been asserted by the Class 

Representatives or members of the Class in the Action, arising out of or relating to the 

allegations in the Complaint and the labels or advertising of any Earth Friendly Products 

purchased by Plaintiffs and any members of the Settlement Class, set forth or referred to in 

Paragraph 2.25 of the Class Settlement Agreement (the “Released Claims”), against the 

Defendant, each of its affiliated entities, subsidiaries, predecessors, and successors, distributors, 

retailers, customers, and assigns, including the present and former directors, officers, employees, 

shareholders, agents, insurers, partners, privies, representatives, attorneys, accountants, and all 

persons acting by, through, under the direction of, or in concert with them, pursuant to Paragraph 

2.26 of the Class Settlement Agreement (the “Released Persons”). The Released Claims includes 

only those claims arising out of or relating to the allegations in the Complaint and the labels or 

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advertising of any Earth Friendly Products and does not include any other products or any claims 

for bodily injury. The Released Claims are hereby compromised, settled, released, discharged 

and dismissed as against the Released Persons on the merits and with prejudice by virtue of the 

proceedings herein and this Order and Final Judgment. Neither this paragraph nor the Released 

Claims as set forth in the Class Settlement Agreement apply to claims or actions of a 

governmental unit or agency. 

12. The Parties shall consummate the Settlement according to the terms of the Class 

Settlement Agreement. 

13. Exclusive jurisdiction is hereby retained over the parties and the Class Members 

for all matters relating to this litigation, including the administration, interpretation, effectuation, 

enforcement and/or implementation of the Settlement and this Order and Final Judgment. 

14. This Judgment and all provisions thereof, and the Settlement, shall bind each 

Class Member. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: March 16, 2016 _____________________________________ 

The Honorable Elizabeth D. Laporte 

United States Magistrate Judge 

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