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Nature of Suit Code: 710
Nature of Suit: Fair Labor Standards Act
Cause of Action: 29:206 Collect Unpaid Wages

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER MODIFYING ORDER OF FINAL APPROVAL OF CLASS 

ACTION SETTLEMENT 

SCOTT COLE & ASSOCIATES, APC 

ATTORNEY’S AT LAW 

THE WACHOVIA TOWER 

1970 BROADWAY, NINTH FLOOR 

OAKLAND, CA 94612 

TEL: (510) 891-9800 

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Scott Edward Cole, Esq. (S.B. #160744) 

scole@scalaw.com 

Matthew R. Bainer, Esq. (S.B. #220972) 

mbainer@scalaw.com 

Kevin R. Allen, Esq. (S.B. #237994) 

kallen@scalaw.com 

SCOTT COLE & ASSOCIATES, APC 

1970 Broadway, Ninth Floor 

Oakland, California 94612 

Telephone: (510) 891-9800 

Facsimile: (510) 891-7030 

Web: www.scalaw.com 

Attorneys for Representative Plaintiff 

And the Plaintiff Class 

Thomas A. Miller (Bar No. 129473) 

LAW OFFICE OF THOMAS A. MILLER, PC 

156 Avenida Victoria 

San Clemente, CA 92672 

Telephone: (949) 218-2111 

Facsimile: (949) 218-1191 

Thom@ThomMillerLaw.com 

Attorney for Defendant Best Buy Co., Inc. 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

EIJI KURIHARA, individually, and on 

behalf of all others similarly situated, 

Plaintiffs, 

vs. 

BEST BUY CO., INC, 

Defendant. 

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Case No. C 06-01884 MHP (EMC) 

CLASS ACTION

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER 

MODIFYING THE COURT'S ORDER OF 

FINAL APPROVAL OF CLASS ACTION 

SETTLEMENT 

Settlement Approval Date: May 11, 2010 

Place: Courtroom C, 15th Floor 

 450 Golden Gate Avenue 

 San Francisco, CA 94102 

 [Civil Local Rule 7-12]

Assigned to the Honorable Marilyn H. Patel 

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER MODIFYING ORDER OF FINAL APPROVAL OF CLASS 

ACTION SETTLEMENT 

SCOTT COLE & ASSOCIATES, APC 

ATTORNEY’S AT LAW 

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1970 BROADWAY, NINTH FLOOR 

OAKLAND, CA 94612 

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Defendant Best Buy Co., Inc., for itself and for Best Buy Stores, L.P. (together “Best Buy”), 

and Plaintiff and Class Representative Eiji Kurihara ("Kurihara"), each by and through its/his 

counsel of record, stipulate as follows and request that the Court modify its Final Approval of the 

Class Action Settlement reached between Best Buy and Kurihara to enable the Settlement 

Administrator to stop payment on uncashed settlement checks, close the settlement fund and forward 

the remaining settlement shares to the State of California as unclaimed property. 

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED: 

 1. On April 1, 2010, the Court issued its ORDER ADOPTING REPORT AND 

RECOMMENDATION AND FINAL APPROVAL OF SETTLEMENT (Document 119), adopting 

(with minor exceptions affecting attorney fees not relevant to this stipulation) Magistrate Judge 

Chen's finding that the July 2008 KURIHARA / BEST BUY WAGE AND HOUR SETTLEMENT 

AGREEMENT AND RELEASE OF CLAIMS (October 27, 2008, Document No. 61-2) was fair, 

adequate and reasonable. On May 11, 2010, the Court entered JUDGMENT OF FINAL 

APPROVAL OF CLASS ACTION SETTLEMENT (Document No. 126). 

 2. The approved Settlement Agreement at Paragraph XVII retains the Court's jurisdiction 

"for the purpose of addressing any issues which may arise with respect to settlement 

administration...." The parties request the Court to exercise this authority as provided below. 

 3. The Settlement Agreement at Paragraph IX.D.3.e.i. regarding settlement payments 

provides that undeliverable settlement checks will be sent to the California State Controller's Office 

as unclaimed property. However, the Settlement Agreement does not make the same provision for 

settlement checks that were issued but which remain uncashed more than 180 days after issue. The 

paragraph states that the issued settlement checks "shall not have an expiration date." This provision 

impedes the Claims Administrator's close out of the settlement administration account and may 

result in Class members loss if a bank declines to accept the stale check. 

 4. The letter sent by the Claims Administrator to the Class members with their 

settlement check indicated that the bank account on which the checks were drawn may be shut down 

on or about December 27, 2010 (180 days after settlement checks were issued). The letter advised 

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER MODIFYING ORDER OF FINAL APPROVAL OF CLASS 

ACTION SETTLEMENT 

SCOTT COLE & ASSOCIATES, APC 

ATTORNEY’S AT LAW 

THE WACHOVIA TOWER 

1970 BROADWAY, NINTH FLOOR 

OAKLAND, CA 94612 

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Class members that "If you try to cash or deposit this check after this date, the account may be 

closed and your settlement award may be sent to the appropriate State Office for unclaimed funds." 

 5. The Claims Administrator issued the settlement checks to Class members in 

accordance with the Settlement Agreement. The Claims Administrator informs counsel for Best Buy 

and Kurihara that as of November 26, 1,703 of the settlement checks issued remain uncashed. 

 6. The parties have conferred and agree that the Court's ORDER OF FINAL 

APPROVAL OF CLASS ACTION SETTLEMENT should be modified to conform to the notice 

sent to the Class members with their settlement check. The parties further agree that the Class 

members will not be injured thereby. This will permit the settlement administrator to stop payment 

on those settlement checks issued but not cashed, forward the value of those checks as unclaimed 

property to the California State Controller's Office, close the settlement bank account, and complete 

tax filings within the 2010 tax year. 

 7. For the reasons set forth, Best Buy and Kurihara request that the Court Amend its 

ORDER ADOPTING REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION AND FINAL APPROVAL OF 

SETTLEMENT in the following respects: 

 a. The Claims Administrator may stop payment on or after December 27, 2010 

on all uncashed settlement checks issued to Class members; 

 b. The Claims Administrator shall forward to the California State Controller's 

Office the value of the uncashed settlement checks as unclaimed property of the payees with 

appropriate documentation; and 

 c. The Claims Administrator may close the bank account for this settlement, 

make the appropriate tax reports and filings, and wind up the administration of this settlement. 

IT IS SO STIPULATED. 

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ACTION SETTLEMENT 

SCOTT COLE & ASSOCIATES, APC 

ATTORNEY’S AT LAW 

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1970 BROADWAY, NINTH FLOOR 

OAKLAND, CA 94612 

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Dated: December 15, 2010 SCOTT COLE & ASSOCIATES, APC

By: /s/ Kevin R. Allen

Kevin R. Allen 

Attorneys for the Representative Plaintiff 

and the Plaintiff Class 

Dated: December 15, 2010 LAW OFFICE OF THOMAS A. MILLER, PC

By: /s/ Thomas A. Miller

Thomas A. Miller 

Attorneys for Defendant Best Buy Co., Inc. 

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ACTION SETTLEMENT 

SCOTT COLE & ASSOCIATES, APC 

ATTORNEY’S AT LAW 

THE WACHOVIA TOWER 

1970 BROADWAY, NINTH FLOOR 

OAKLAND, CA 94612 

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[PROPOSED] ORDER ON STIPULATION

 Based upon the stipulation of the parties, and in the interests of justice, the Court approves 

the request of Plaintiff and Class Representative Eiji Kurihara and Defendant Best Buy to modify the 

Court's ORDER ADOPTING REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION AND FINAL APPROVAL 

OF SETTLEMENT in the following respects: 

 a. The Claims Administrator may stop payment on or after December 27, 2010 

on all uncashed settlement checks issued to Class members; 

 b. The Claims Administrator shall forward to the California State Controller's 

Office the value of the uncashed settlement checks as unclaimed property of the payees with 

appropriate documentation; and 

 c. The Claims Administrator may close the bank account for this settlement, 

make the appropriate tax reports and filings, and wind up the administration of this settlement. 

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Date: _____________________ ___________________________________ 

 The Honorable Marilyn Hall Patel 

 United States District Court Judge 

January 5, 2011

U

NITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge Marilyn H. Patel

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