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Nature of Suit Code: 380
Nature of Suit: Other Personal Property Damage
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Property Damage

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STIP. ORDER CONCERNING RENEWED MOTION. 

FOR PRELIMINARY SETTLEMENT APPROVAL CASE NO.: 3:14-CV-01944 VC

Michael L. Charlson (SBN 122125)

 mcharlson@velaw.com

VINSON & ELKINS LLP

525 Market Street, Suite 2750

San Francisco, California 94105

Telephone: (415) 979-6900

Facsimile: (415) 704-3264

Attorneys for Defendant

LINEBARGER GOGGAN BLAIR & SAMPSON LLP,

a Texas limited liability partnership

[Names and Addresses of Additional

Counsel Listed on Signature Pages] 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN FRANCISCO

4EC HOLDINGS, LLC, a Delaware limited liability 

company,

Plaintiff,

vs.

LINEBARGER GOGGAN BLAIR & SAMPSON 

LLP, a Texas limited liability partnership,

Defendant.

Case No. 3:14-cv-01944 VC

(Class Action)

STIPULATED ORDER 

CONCERNING PLAINTIFF’S 

RENEWED MOTION FOR 

PRELIMINARY APPROVAL OF 

CLASS SETTLEMENT 

(DKT. NO. 73) AS MODIFIED BY 

THE COURT

Courtroom of the Honorable 

Vince Chhabria, Courtroom 4

This stipulation is made between Plaintiff 4EC Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability 

company (“Plaintiff”), and Defendant Linebarger Goggan Blair & Sampson LLP, a Texas limited 

liability partnership (“Defendant”) (collectively, “the Parties”), through their respective attorneys of 

record, and pertains to Plaintiff’s pending Renewed Motion for Preliminary Approval of Class 

Settlement (the “Renewed Motion”), which is calendared for hearing before the Court on August 20, 

2015.

THE PARTIES AGREE AND STIPULATE AS FOLLOWS:

Following further good faith negotiations between the parties, the parties have agreed upon 

an Amended Stipulation of Class Action Settlement and Release (the “Amended Stipulation”). The 

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STIP. ORDER CONCERNING RENEWED MOTION. 

FOR PRELIMINARY SETTLEMENT APPROVAL CASE NO.: 3:14-CV-01944 VC

Amended Stipulation, including its exhibits, is being filed with the Court concurrently with this 

stipulation. The Amended Stipulation supersedes all prior stipulations concerning the terms of the 

proposed Settlement of this action – specifically the stipulations filed with the Court on December 

30, 2014; March 24, 2015 and July 10, 2015 (Dkts. 50, 65 & 76). Certain terms of the Amended 

Stipulation differ from those to which the parties had agreed as of the time that Plaintiff filed its 

Renewed Motion. In particular, the parties have eliminated the claims-made feature of the proposed 

Settlement and have streamlined the settlement administration process to substantially reduce 

administrative costs and eliminate the need for time-consuming and expensive claims processing. 

The Settlement Fund will now be $3.4 million, reflecting the non-contingent nature of the proposed 

Settlement. Under terms of the proposed Settlement, at least $2 million of that Settlement Fund will 

be available for distribution to the Settlement Class, and monies that go unclaimed by the Settlement 

Class and are not needed to pay costs of administration or any award of attorneys’ fees and expenses 

to Class Counsel are to be donated to charity. Terms of the Amended Stipulation will be addressed 

in greater detail in scheduled, upcoming briefing on the Renewed Motion.

Subject to the Court’s approval, the parties ask that the Amended Stipulation, being filed 

concurrently with this Stipulation, now be considered as jointly proposed to the Court in the place 

and stead of the settlement terms that had been agreed-upon as of the time Plaintiff filed the 

Renewed Motion (as modified by the July 10, 2015 Stipulation), and that the Court consider 

Plaintiff’s Renewed Motion as requesting preliminary approval of the proposed Settlement as set 

forth in the Amended Stipulation. Defendant intends to file its papers supporting preliminary 

approval and addressing the Amended Stipulation as currently scheduled, on July 23, 2015. Plaintiff 

intends to file reply papers in further support of the Renewed Motion as currently scheduled, on July

30, 2015. The parties agree that the hearing on the Renewed Motion should proceed as scheduled, 

on the Court’s regular law-and-motion calendar August 20, 2015. 

IT IS SO AGREED AND STIPULATED this 22nd DAY OF JULY.

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STIP. ORDER CONCERNING RENEWED MOTION. 

FOR PRELIMINARY SETTLEMENT APPROVAL CASE NO.: 3:14-CV-01944 VC

Submitted Jointly By:

Michael L. Charlson (SBN 122125)

 mcharlson@velaw.com

VINSON & ELKINS LLP

525 Market Street, Suite 2750

San Francisco, California 94105

Telephone: 415.979.6910 

Facsimile: 415.704.3264

By /s/ Michael L. Charlson

 Michael L. Charlson

Russell Yager (pro hac vice)

 ryager@velaw.com

VINSON & ELKINS LLP

2001 Ross Avenue, Suite 3700

Dallas, Texas 75201

Telephone: 214.220.7700

Facsimile: 214.220.7716

ATTORNEYS FOR DEFENDANT

LINEBARGER GOGGAN BLAIR & SAMPSON LLP, 

a Texas limited liability partnership

William McGrane (SBN 057761)

 william.mcgrane@mcgranellp.com

McGRANE LLP

Four Embarcadero Center, Suite 1400

San Francisco, California 94111

Telephone: (415) 766-3590

By /s/ William McGrane

 William McGrane

Jonathan R. Bass (SBN 075779)

 jbass@cpdb.com

COBLENTZ PATCH DUFFY & BASS LLP

One Ferry Building, Suite 200

San Francisco, California 94111

Telephone: 415.772.5726

Matthew J. Shier (SBN 072638)

 mshier@shierkatz.com

shierkatz RLLP

930 Montgomery Street, 6th Floor

San Francisco, California 94133

Telephone: 415.691.7027

ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF

4EC HOLDINGS, LLC

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STIP. ORDER CONCERNING RENEWED MOTION. 

FOR PRELIMINARY SETTLEMENT APPROVAL CASE NO.: 3:14-CV-01944 VC

PROPOSED ORDER AS MODIFIED

In light of these changes, the plaintiff must file a reply brief (which previously was optional). 

The reply brief must explain clearly how the terms of the stipulation have changed from when the 

plaintiff filed its opening brief in support of preliminary approval.

Pursuant to the Stipulation of the parties and upon good cause showing, IT IS SO 

ORDERED.

DATED: _July 24, 2015 _________ ________________________________

 Honorable Vince Chhabria

 United States District Judge

 

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