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Nature of Suit Code: 442
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights Employment
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal

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Case No. 11-CV-02509-LHK

ORDER TO FILE BILLING RECORDS SUPPORTING LODESTAR CALCULATION FOR THE JOSEPH R. 

SAVERI LAW FIRM, INC.

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN JOSE DIVISION

IN RE: HIGH-TECH EMPLOYEE 

ANTITRUST LITIGATION

THIS DOCUMENT RELATES TO:

ALL ACTIONS

Case No. 11-CV-02509-LHK

ORDER TO FILE BILLING RECORDS 

SUPPORTING LODESTAR 

CALCULATION FOR THE JOSEPH R. 

SAVERI LAW FIRM, INC.

At the July 9, 2015 hearing on final approval, the Court ordered Lieff Cabraser Heimann & 

Bernstein (“LCHB”) and the Joseph R. Saveri Law Firm, Inc. (“JSLF”) (collectively, “Co-Lead 

Counsel”) to meet and confer, and come to agreement if possible, regarding the total lodestar that 

Co-Lead Counsel believe the Court should consider for purposes of awarding attorney’s fees in 

this case. In particular, the Court ordered Co-Lead Counsel to go through JSLF’s billing records, 

entry by entry, and indicate to the Court in a joint filing which entries LCHB disputed and why. 

ECF No. 1101, Final Approval Tr. at 66:15-25.

On July 20, 2015, Co-Lead Counsel submitted a joint filing indicating their agreement on a 

total lodestar amount. ECF No. 1105. That amount, which is the sum of the individual lodestars 

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Case No. 11-CV-02509-LHK

ORDER TO FILE BILLING RECORDS SUPPORTING LODESTAR CALCULATION FOR THE JOSEPH R. 

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for each of JSLF, LCHB, Berger & Montague and Grant & Eisenhofer, is $18,259,097.75. Id.

¶ 10. To arrive at this figure, Co-Lead Counsel agreed that JSLF’s individual lodestar, as reported 

in Mr. Saveri’s supplemental declaration of May 21, 2015, should be further reduced by 

$2,338,000.00 (from $6,314,819.25 to $3,979,819.25). Id. That reduction was based on “the 

following adjustments: (i) disregard all time reported and billed by Mr. Saveri ($2,059,344), and 

(ii) reduce of the remainder of JSLF reported time by a total of $278,656.” Id.

While the Court appreciates that Co-Lead Counsel were able to come to agreement on a 

total lodestar amount, Co-Lead Counsel’s joint filing does not provide the Court with an adequate 

basis for calculating JSLF’s lodestar. Accordingly, the Court hereby ORDERS Co-Lead Counsel

to file revised attorney billing records for JSLF establishing the basis for JSLF’s revised lodestar. 

Co-Lead Counsel shall also file a joint statement or declaration summarizing JSLF’s revised 

billing records, including the total number of hours spent by JSLF attorneys on this litigation, the

JSLF attorneys’ individual billing rates, and justifications for such rates. Co-Lead Counsel shall 

file these documents no later than July 24, 2015.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: July 20, 2015

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LUCY H. KOH

United States District Judge

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