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Nature of Suit Code: 710
Nature of Suit: Fair Labor Standards Act
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Fed. Question: Fair Labor Standards

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STIP. AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO AMEND 

JOINT STIPULATION OF CLASS SETTLEMENT 

U.S.D.C., N.D. Cal., No. C-07-2813-JW 

JAMES M. FINBERG (SBN 114850) 

PETER E. LECKMAN (SBN 235721) 

ALTSHULER BERZON LLP 

177 Post Street, Suite 300 

San Francisco, California 94108 

Telephone: (415) 421-7151 

Facsimile: (415) 362-8064 

E-mails: jfinberg@altshulerberzon.com 

 pleckman@altshulerberzon.com

KELLY M. DERMODY (SBN 171716) 

JAHAN C. SAGAFI (SBN 224887) 

LIEFF, CABRASER, HEIMANN 

& BERNSTEIN, LLP 

275 Battery Street, 30th Floor 

San Francisco, California 94111-3339 

Telephone: (415) 956-1000 

Facsimile: (415) 956-1008 

E-mails: kdermody@lchb.com 

jsagafi@lchb.com 

Attorneys for 

Plaintiff Ahmed Higazi 

M. KIRBY C. WILCOX (SBN 78576) 

JEFFREY D. WOHL (SBN 96838) 

MOLLY A. HARCOS (SBN 233556) 

PAUL, HASTINGS, JANOFSKY & WALKER LLP 

55 Second Street, 24th Floor 

San Francisco, California 94105 

Telephone: (415) 856-7000 

Facsimile: (415) 856-7100 

E-mails: kirbywilcox@paulhastings.com 

jeffwohl@paulhastings.com 

mollyharcos@paulhastings.com 

Attorneys for 

Defendant Cadence Design Systems, Inc. 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN JOSE DIVISION 

AHMED HIGAZI, on behalf of himself 

and a class of those similarly situated, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS, INC., 

 Defendant. 

 No. C-07-2813-JW 

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] 

ORDER TO AMEND CLASS DEFINITION 

AND SETTLEMENT PAYMENT IN JOINT 

STIPULATION OF CLASS SETTLEMENT 

AND RELATED DOCUMENTS 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORN

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IT IS SO ORDERED

AS MODIFIED

Judge James Ware

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STIP. AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO AMEND CLASS DEFINITION IN 

JOINT STIPULATION OF CLASS SETTLEMENT 

U.S.D.C., N.D. Cal., No. C-07-2813-JW 

STIPULATION

Plaintiff Ahmed Higazi and defendant Cadence Systems, Inc. (“Cadence”) (collectively the 

“Parties”), acting through their respective attorneys of record, stipulate as follows: 

1. On March 12, 2008 the Court entered its Order (1) Conditionally Certifying the Class and 

Collective Action, (2) Granting Preliminary Approval to Proposed Class Action Settlement 

[(“Settlement”)] and Plan of Allocation, (3) Directing Dissemination of Notice, and Claim Form to the 

Class; and (4) Setting Date for Fairness Hearing and Related Dates (the “Preliminary Approval Order”). 

2. In the process of reviewing and preparing the class data for the Settlement Administrator 

following the Court’s March 12 order, Cadence’s data expert discovered that the following five titles 

were inadvertently omitted from the Settlement and the data provided to plaintiff’s counsel during the 

mediation: Associate IT Remote Support Specialist, Desktop Systems Specialist, Network Engineer, 

Senior Database Administrator, and Senior Systems Analyst (collectively, the “Five Titles”). 

3. The Five Titles are variations of the class positions included in the Settlement (the 

“Covered Positions”). Eleven existing class members held one of these Five Titles during the covered 

period as defined in the Settlement (the “Covered Period”). No non-class member held any of the Five 

Titles in a pay grade of “T4” or lower during a Covered Period. 

4. After conferring about the matter, the Parties have agreed that the Five Titles should be 

added to the Settlement’s definition of Covered Positions, and that the weeks worked by the Class 

Members while holding these Five Titles during the Covered Period should be included in the 

Settlement, both with respect to the scope of the release granted under the Settlement and the payment 

being made by Cadence under the Settlement. 

5. Accordingly, the parties respectfully request that the Court grant leave to amend the 

following documents as follows: 

a. The Joint Stipulation of Class Settlement and Class Settlement Agreement and 

Release should be amended to add the Five Titles and to provide for the additional 

amount to be paid by Cadence ($164,856.61). See Exhibit 1 to this stipulation 

(First Amended Joint Stipulation of Class Settlement and Class Settlement 

Agreement and Release (the “Amended Settlement”), with changes redlined. The 

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U.S.D.C., N.D. Cal., No. C-07-2813-JW 

additional amount will be paid to class members, and class counsel will not 

request any fees or costs from the additional amount. 

b. The Notice of (1) Proposed Class Settlement and (2) Final Settlement Approval 

Hearing should be amended to add the Five Titles and to show the additional 

amount to be paid by Cadence. See Exhibit B to Amended Settlement (First 

Amended Notice of (1) Proposed Class Settlement and (2) Final Settlement 

Approval Hearing (the “Amended Class Notice”), with changes redlined. 

c. The Election Not to Participate in Settlement should be amended to reflect the 

new settlement amount. See Exhibit D to Amended Settlement (First Amended 

Election Not to Participate in Settlement), with changes redlined. 

d. The Preliminary Approval Order should be amended to add the Five Titles. See 

Exhibit F to Amended Settlement (First Amended Order (1) Conditionally 

Certifying Settlement Class and Collective Action, (2) Granting Preliminary 

Approval to Proposed Class Action Settlement and Plan of Allocation, 

(3) Directing Dissemination of Notice, and Claim Form to the Class; and 

(4) Setting Date For Fairness Hearing and Related Dates (the “Amended 

Preliminary Approval Order”), with changes redlined. 

If leave to amend is granted, the Parties will file the Amended Settlement with all exhibits revised as 

indicated and without the redlining; the Parties will submit for entry by the Court the Amended 

Preliminary Approval Order revised as indicated and without the redlining; and the class notice and 

related documents will be sent to class members revised as indicated and without the redlining or any 

reference to their being “amended” or “revised,” so as to avoid class member confusion. 

6. The Parties further stipulate that on account of this development, Cadence will have until 

March 26, 2008, to provide the Settlement Administrator a database that lists, for each class member, the 

class member’s name, Social Security number, last known address, dates and state(s) of employment, 

and the number of compensable work weeks in a Covered Position during a Covered Period, and the 

settlement administrator will have until April 5, 2008, to mail the notice materials to all class members. 

See Amended Settlement, § VII(A)(1)-(2); Amended Preliminary Approval Order, § VI(E)(7)-(8). 

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7. Other than as so indicated, all other deadlines under the Settlement will remain 

unchanged, including but not limited to the date on which interest begins to accumulate on the 

settlement payment and the date of the final approval hearing. 

Dated: March 27, 2007. JAMES M. FINBERG 

PETER E. LECKMAN 

ALTSHULER BERZON LLP 

KELLY M. DERMODY 

JAHAN C. SAGAFI 

LEIFF CABRASER HEIMANN & BERNSTEIN LLP 

By: /s/ Jahan C. Sagafi (by Jeffrey D. Wohl) 

Jahan C. Sagafi 

Attorneys for Plaintiff Ahmed Higazi 

Dated: March 27, 2007. M. KIRBY C. WILCOX 

JEFFREY D. WOHL 

MOLLY A HARCOS 

PAUL, HASTINGS, JANOFSKY & WALKER LLP 

By: /s/ Jeffrey D. Wohl 

Jeffrey D. Wohl 

Attorneys for Defendant 

Cadence Design Systems, Inc. 

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ORDER

Pursuant to the parties’ stipulation, and good cause appearing therefor, 

SO ORDERED. 

Dated: March ___, 2008 __________________________________________ 

James Ware 

United States District Judge 

 Pursuant to the parties' Stipulation, and good cause shown, it is so ordered. However, due to 

the Court's unavailability, the Final Aprroval of Class Settlement hearing is advanced from July 11, 

2008 to July 7, 2008 at 9 a.m. All revised Proposed documents shall reflect this change. 

Dated: April 1, 2008 __________________________________ 

 JAMES WARE 

 United States District Judge 

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