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Nature of Suit Code: 710
Nature of Suit: Fair Labor Standards Act
Cause of Action: 29:201 Fair Labor Standards Act

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[PROPOSED] ORDER AND FINAL JUDGMENT APPROVING SETTLEMENT, CERTIFYING CLASS 

ACTION AND DISMISSING ACTION WITH PREJUDICE; CASE NO. 3-04-CV-02390 SI 

CLIFF PALEFSKY (State Bar No. 77683) 

MCGUINN, HILLSMAN & PALEFSKY 

535 Pacific Avenue 

San Francisco, CA 94133 

(415) 421-9292 

uroy2@aol.com

MICHAEL RUBIN (State Bar No. 80618) 

REBEKAH B. EVENSON (State Bar No. 207825) 

ALTSHULER, BERZON, NUSSBAUM, RUBIN & DEMAIN 

177 Post Street, Suite 300 

San Francisco, CA 94108 

mrubin@altshulerberzon.com

revenson@altshulerberzon.com

CHRISTINA DJERNAES (State Bar No. 177522) 

LAW OFFICE OF CHRISTINA DJERNAES 

1214 De La Vina Street, Suite K 

Santa Barbara, CA 93101 

(805) 685-8189 

christina@djernaeslaw.com

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

NANCY L. ABELL (State Bar No. 88785) 

PAUL, HASTINGS, JANOFSKY & WALKER LLP 

515 South Flower Street, Twenty-Fifth Floor 

Los Angeles, CA 90071-2228 

Telephone: (213) 683-6000 

nancyabell@paulhastings.com

Attorneys for Defendant Oracle Corporation 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

MICHEL DRISCOLL, an individual; 

BRIAN CONNELLY, an individual; on 

behalf of themselves and all others similarly 

situated, 

 Plaintiffs, 

 v. 

ORACLE, INC., 

a corporation, 

 Defendant. 

Case No. C04-2390 

Class Action 

[PROPOSED] ORDER AND FINAL 

JUDGMENT APPROVING 

SETTLEMENT, CERTIFYING CLASS 

ACTION AND DISMISSING ACTION 

WITH PREJUDICE 

Date: October 14, 2005 

Time: 9:00 a.m. 

Courtroom: 10 

Judge: The Hon. Judge Susan Illston 

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The parties in this action having entered into a Settlement Agreement dated May 21, 2005 

and having applied to this Court for preliminary and final approval of the Settlement Agreement 

and the terms thereof; this Court on May 27, 2005 having granted preliminary approval to the 

Settlement Agreement and having directed notice of the Settlement Agreement, its terms, and the 

applicable procedures and schedules to be provided to proposed class members and prospective 

Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) opt-in plaintiffs; the parties having revised the Settlement 

Agreement on September 23, 2005 to describe more accurately the procedures for calculating 

individual settlement amounts and to add 147 additional plaintiffs; this Court having set a final 

Fairness Hearing for October 14, 2005 to determine whether the Revised Settlement Agreement 

should be approved as fair, adequate and reasonable; all parties through their respective counsel 

and defendant through its counsel having been given an opportunity to participate in the Fairness 

Hearing, and all prospective FLSA plaintiffs and class members having been given an 

opportunity to file objections or to opt out of the settlement; and for good cause shown, 

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED, upon 

consideration of the Revised Settlement Agreement, the parties’ and counsels’ pleadings, 

declarations, exhibits and oral arguments in support thereof, and the proceedings in this action to 

date, as follows: 

1. The Court for purposes of this Final Order and Judgment adopts all defined terms set 

forth in the Revised Settlement Agreement. 

2. This Court has jurisdiction over the subject matter of this litigation and all matters 

relating thereto, and over the plaintiffs and the defendant. 

3. Pursuant to Rule 23 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, the Settlement Classes are 

hereby certified, to consist of: 

 a. All current or former employees who work or worked for Oracle Direct 

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(formerly Internet Sales Division) in a Covered Job Code within Oracle Direct, providing inhouse sales and customer pre-sales service to existing or potential Oracle customers at any time 

on or after June 19, 1999 and before July 1, 2004 in California (“California Class”); and 

 b. All current or former employees who work or worked for Oracle Direct 

(formerly Internet Sales Division) in a Covered Job Code within Oracle Direct, providing inhouse sales and customer pre-sales service to existing or potential Oracle customers at any time 

on or after June 19, 2001 and before July 1, 2004 in Massachusetts (“Massachusetts Class”); 

and; 

4. This action is further certified as an FLSA collective action on behalf of all current or 

former employees who work or worked for Oracle Direct (formerly Internet Sales Division) in a 

Covered Job Code within Oracle Direct, providing in-house sales and customer pre-sales service 

to existing or potential Oracle customers at any time on or after June 19, 2000 and before July 1, 

2004 at any Oracle Direct work location in California, Massachusetts, Virginia, or Florida. 

5. The Notice given to plaintiffs, pursuant to this Court’s orders, constituted the best 

notice practicable under the circumstances, was accomplished in all material respects, and fully 

met the requirements of Rule 23 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, the Fair Labor Standards 

Act, due process, the United States Constitution and any other applicable law. 

6. The two named Class Representatives, Brian Connolly and Michel Driscoll, are 

adequate representatives of the Classes. 

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

approves the settlement set forth in the Settlement Agreement and finds that it is fair, reasonable, 

and adequate in all respects, in light of the complexity, expense and likely duration of further 

litigation, the investigation conducted, and the risk and difficulties associated with the litigation. 

This Court further finds that the Settlement Agreement is the result of arms’-length negotiations 

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between experienced counsel representing the interests of the plaintiffs and defendant. There 

have been no objections to the Settlement Agreement, and two requests for exclusion. The 

Settlement Agreement shall be implemented in accordance with its terms. 

8. The mechanisms and procedures set forth in the Settlement Agreement filed with the 

Court on May 21, 2005, as revised by the Revised Settlement Agreement filed with the Court on 

September 23, 2005, by which payments are to be calculated and made to plaintiffs filing timely 

claims, are fair, reasonable and adequate as to said plaintiffs, and payment shall be made to 

plaintiffs according to those allocations and pursuant to the procedure set forth in the Settlement 

Agreement. 

9. The Complaint filed in this action and all claims contained therein, are dismissed in 

their entirety with prejudice as to all Class Representatives and Class Members and FLSA Opt-in 

Plaintiffs, to the extent provided and under the conditions set forth in the Revised Settlement 

Agreement. 

10. Upon the Settlement Effective Date as defined in the Revised Settlement Agreement, 

all Released Claims are fully, finally and forever released, relinquished and discharged, pursuant 

to the terms of the release set forth in the Revised Settlement Agreement. 

11. The award of $2,239,195.95 to plaintiffs’ counsel for common fund fees and costs is 

approved. That sum, which is less that 17.43% of the common fund, was achieved as the result of 

arms-length negotiations, and provides fair and reasonable compensation of plaintiffs’ counsel for 

their successful vindication of class members’ and FLSA plaintiffs’ rights, taking into account the 

quality, nature and extent of counsel’s efforts, the excellent results they achieved, the costs 

incurred and expected to be incurred, the benefits to the class and to the judicial system resulting 

from counsels’ successful efforts to accomplish these results through settlement, and the hundreds 

of future hours plaintiffs’ counsel anticipate being required to spend on implementing and 

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enforcing the Settlement Agreement. 

12. The awards of $12,500 in enhancements each to named plaintiffs Michel Driscoll and 

Brian Connelly are approved. That sum reasonably compensates the named plaintiffs for their 

time and efforts, the risks they undertook on behalf of the class, and in consideration of the public 

policy encouraging individuals to come forward and perform their civic duty in protecting the 

rights of the class. 

13. The court retains jurisdiction over this matter for purposes of resolving issues relating 

to administration, implementation, and enforcement of the Settlement Agreement. 

DATED: ___________________ _____________________________________________ 

 HONORABLE SUSAN ILLSTON 

 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 

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10/14/05

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORN

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GRANTED

Judge Susan Illston