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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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LITTLER MENDELSON, P.C. 

650 California Street 

20th Floor 

San Francisco, CA 

94108.2693 

415.433.1940

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER RE 

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CASE NO. 3:14-CV-02577 JST

KEVIN F. WOODALL, Bar No. 180650

WOODALL LAW OFFICES 

100 Pine Street, Suite 1250 

San Francisco, CA 94111 

Telephone: (415) 413-4629 

Facsimile: (866) 937-4109 

Email: kevin@kwoodalllaw.com 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

AL SMITH, JEFFREY HOURCADE, and those 

similarly situated 

ARTHUR M. EIDELHOCH, Bar No. 168096

ANGELA J. RAFOTH, Bar No. 241966 

LITTLER MENDELSON, P.C. 

650 California Street, 20th Floor 

San Francisco, CA 94108-2693 

Telephone: (415) 433-1940 

Facsimile: (415) 399-8490 

Email: aeidelhoch@littler.com 

 arafoth@littler.com 

Attorneys for Defendant 

AMERICAN GREETINGS CORPORATION 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

AL SMITH AND JEFFREY HOURCADE, 

individually and on behalf of those similarly 

situated, 

Plaintiffs, 

vs. 

AMERICAN GREETINGS CORPORATION, 

an Ohio corporation, 

Defendant. 

CASE NO. 3:14-CV-02577 JST 

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] 

ORDER RE RELIEF FROM FINAL 

APPROVAL ORDER GRANTING 

MOTION FOR FINAL APPROVAL OF 

CLASS ACTION SETTLEMENT; 

GRANTING IN PART MOTION FOR 

ATTORNEYS’ FEES, COSTS, AND 

CLASS REPRESANTATIVES’ SERVICE 

PAYMENTS [77] TO EFFECTUATE 

NOTICE TO ATTORNEYS GENERAL 

UNDER 28 U.S.C. § 1715 

 

Ctrm.: Courtroom 9—19th Floor 

Judge: Hon. Jon S. Tigar 

Complaint Filed: June 4, 2014 

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LITTLER MENDELSON, P.C. 

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Plaintiffs AL SMITH and JEFFREY HOURCADE, on behalf of themselves and 

those similarly situated, and Defendant AMERICAN GREETINGS CORPORATION (collectively 

“the Parties”), by and through their undersigned attorneys of record, hereby submit the following 

Stipulation: 

WHEREAS, on March 31, 2015, Plaintiffs filed a Motion for Preliminary Approval 

of Class Settlement [Docket 35; see also 34, 36-38 (supporting papers)]; 

WHEREAS, on July 23, 2015, the Court filed its Order Granting Preliminary 

Approval of Class Action Settlement [Docket 56; see also 57 (amended Order to fix typographical 

error)]; 

WHEREAS, on October 14, 2015, Plaintiffs filed a Motion for Final Approval of 

Class Action Settlement [Docket 61; see also 62-73 (supporting papers and motions for attorneys’ 

fees/costs and incentive payment)]; 

WHEREAS, on January 29, 2016, the Court filed its Order Granting Motion for Final 

Approval of Class Action Settlement; Granting In Part Motion for Attorneys’ Fees, Costs, and Class 

Representatives’ Service Payments (“Final Approval Order”) [Docket 77]; 

WHEREAS, the Final Approval Order granted, inter alia, final approval of the 

proposed settlement, incentive awards to Plaintiffs Al Smith and Jeffrey Hourcade, attorneys’ fees 

and litigation costs to Plaintiffs’ counsel, settlement administration costs, payment to the California 

LWDA, and Judgment; 

WHEREAS, the Court, in the Final Approval Order, expressly retained “continuing 

jurisdiction over this settlement solely for the purposes of enforcing this agreement, addressing 

settlement administration matters, and addressing such post-judgment matters as may be appropriate 

under Court rules and applicable law” [Docket 77, pages 18-19]; 

WHEREAS, 28 U.S.C. § 1715 requires notice to be given to Appropriate Federal and 

State Officials of certain specified information pertaining to the settlement of a class action, and 

further provides that “an order giving final approval of a proposed settlement may not be issued 

earlier than 90 days after the later of the dates on which the appropriate Federal official and the 

appropriate State official are served with the notice”; and 

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LITTLER MENDELSON, P.C. 

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WHEREAS, counsel for the stipulating parties are informed and believe that the 

requirements of 28 U.S.C. § 1715 are applicable to the instant matter and, further, that said notice 

has not to date been properly provided as a result of mistake, inadvertence, excusable neglect and/or 

other reasons that justify relief. 

NOW THEREFORE, through their respective attorneys of record and pursuant to 

Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Rule 60(b)(1) and (6), Plaintiffs and Defendant jointly stipulate 

and request that the Court: 

1. Vacate its January 29, 2016 Order Granting Motion for Final Approval of 

Class Action Settlement; Granting In Part Motion for Attorneys’ Fees, Costs, and Class 

Representatives’ Service Payments [Docket 77]. 

2. Permit Defendant to promptly comply with the notice requirements of 28 

U.S.C. § 1715. See Adoma v. University of Phoenix, 913 F.Supp.2d 964, 972-75 (E.D. Cal. 

2012)(“even if defendants are late in serving notice to state and federal officials, class members may 

not exempt themselves from a settlement so long as at least 90 days elapse between service of the 

notice and entry of an order granting final approval of the settlement, as required by 28 U.S.C § 

1715(d)”); see also In re Processed Egg Products Antitrust Litigation, 284 F.R.D. 249, 258 n.12 

(E.D. Pa. 2012) (“although notice requirements under CAFA have not been fully met on a technical 

basis, the substance of the requirements have been satisfied insofar as giving federal and state 

officials sufficient notice and opportunity to be heard”); Kay Co. v. Equitable Prod. Co., 2010 WL 

1734869 at *4, 2010 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 41892 at *14 (S.D.W.Va. 2010). 

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3. Set a Case Management Conference on a date convenient to the Court on or 

after May 25, 2016 to address: (i) comments, if any, from the Federal and State Officials who were 

given notice under 28 U.S.C. § 1715; (ii) issuance of an order granting final approval of the 

settlement, attorneys’ fees, costs, and class representatives’ service payments; and (iii) any other 

matters which may be relevant to this proceeding, final approval of the settlement, compliance with 

28 U.S.C. § 1715, and/or other pertinent issues. 

Dated: February 4, 2016 

/s/ KEVIN F. WOODALL 

KEVIN F. WOODALL 

WOODALL LAW OFFICES 

AL SMITH, JEFFREY HOURCADE, and 

those similarly situated 

Dated: February 4, 2016 

/s/ ARTHUR M. EIDELHOCH 

ARTHUR M. EIDELHOCH 

ANGELA J. RAFOTH 

LITTLER MENDELSON, P.C. 

Attorneys for Defendant 

AMERICAN GREETINGS CORPORATION 

 

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[PROPOSED] ORDER

GOOD CAUSE APPEARING THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED AS FOLLOWS: 

1. The Court’s January 29, 2016 Order Granting Motion for Final Approval of 

Class Action Settlement; Granting In Part Motion for Attorneys’ Fees, Costs, and Class 

Representatives’ Service Payments [Docket 77] shall be and hereby is vacated. 

2. Defendant is ordered to comply with the notice requirements of 28 U.S.C. § 

1715(b) on or before February 15, 2016 or within three (3) court days of the date of this Order, 

whichever is later. A copy of this Stipulation and Order shall be included with the notice materials. 

3. A Case Management Conference shall be held on May 25, 2016 [or the first 

available date thereafter which is more than 100 days after the date of this Order] at 2:00 p.m. to 

discuss: (i) comments, if any, from the Federal and State Officials who were given notice under 28 

U.S.C. § 1715; (ii) issuance of an order granting final approval of the settlement, attorneys’ fees, 

costs, and class representatives’ service payments; and (iii) any other matters which may be relevant 

to this proceeding, final approval of the settlement, compliance with 28 U.S.C. § 1715, and/or other 

pertinent issues. 

4. No notice to the Settlement Class of this Order or the Case Management 

Conference shall be required. 

Dated: ________________, 2016 

 _____ U.S. DISTRICT JUDGE JON S. TIGAR

Firmwide:138430138.1 056891.1035 

February 8, 2016

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORN

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IT IS SO ORDERED

 Judge Jon S. Tigar 

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