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Nature of Suit Code: 442
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights Employment
Cause of Action: 42:1981 Job Discrimination (Race)

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James M. Finberg (SBN 114850)

Eve H. Cervantez (SBN 164709)

Rebekah B. Evenson (SBN 207825)

ALTSHULER BERZON LLP

177 Post Street, Suite 300

San Francisco, CA 94108

Telephone: (415) 421-7151

Facsimile: (415) 362-8064

E-Mail: jfinberg@altshulerberzon.com

E-Mail: ecervantez@altshulerberzon.com

E-Mail: revenson@altshulerberzon.com

Kelly M. Dermody (SBN 171716)

Jahan C. Sagafi (SBN 224887)

LIEFF, CABRASER, HEIMANN & 

 BERNSTEIN, LLP

275 Battery Street, 30th Floor

San Francisco, CA 94111-3339

Telephone: (415) 956-1000

Facsimile: (415) 956-1008

E-Mail: kdermody@lchb.com

E-Mail: jsagafi@lchb.com

Attorneys for Plaintiffs and proposed Classes

Additional Counsel on the signature page

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

OAKLAND DIVISION

JUANITA WYNNE and DANTE BYRD,

on behalf of themselves and classes of

those similarly situated,

Plaintiffs,

v.

MCCORMICK & SCHMICK’S

SEAFOOD RESTAURANTS, INC. and

MCCORMICK & SCHMICK 

RESTAURANT CORP.,

 Defendants.

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Case No. C-06-3153 CW

STIPULATION AND ORDER

REVISING NOTICE MATERIALS

AND EXTENDING CLAIMS

ADMINISTRATOR DEADLINES

STIPULATION AND ORDER REVISING NOTICE MATERIALS AND EXTENDING CLAIMS

ADMINISTRATOR DEADLINES; Case No. C-06-3153 CW

Case 4:06-cv-03153-CW Document 87 Filed 05/08/08 Page 1 of 7
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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER REVISING NOTICE MATERIALS AND EXTENDING

CLAIMS ADMINISTRATOR DEADLINES; Case No. C-06-3153 CW

WHEREAS, pursuant to this Court’s Order entered on April 28, 2008 (Docket No. 85),

Defendants were required to provide class member data to the Claims Administrator by May 1,

2008, and Defendants provided that data on April 30, 2008;

WHEREAS this Court’s April 4, 2008 Order Preliminarily Approving Class Action

Settlement (Docket No. 82), and the Proposed Consent Decree (Docket No. 82.2) require the

Claims Administrator to mail class notice materials to class members within 10 days of the date

that it receives class member data from Defendants, and the Proposed Consent Decree (Section

XXVI(A)) requires the Claims Administrator to review claim forms and to request additional

information from claimant whose claim forms are incomplete within seven (7) days of receipt of

the claim form;

WHEREAS the Claims Administrator, Rosenthal & Company, has informed the Parties

that the aforementioned deadlines will be difficult to meet given the administrative tasks

involved, and has requested 1) that the deadline for sending the class notice materials be

extended for six (6) days (until May 16, 2008); and 2) that the deadline for sending requests for

additional information to claimants whose claim forms are incomplete be extended to twentyone (21) days;

WHEREAS the Parties agree to the extensions requested by the Claims Administrator,

and delaying the mailing of notices until May 16, 2008 and extending the deadline for the

Claims Administrator to mail notices to class members who submitted incomplete claims will

not unduly delay the claims administration process, and will not affect the August 7, 2008

Fairness Hearing or the briefing schedule for said hearing;

WHEREAS the Parties have agreed upon minor, non-substantive changes to be made to

the notice materials (Docket Nos. 82.3 and 82.4) , as described in the redlines of the notice and

claim form attached hereto as Exhibits 1 and 2, and the proposed revised notice and claim form

attached hereto as Exhibits 3 and 4;

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER REVISING NOTICE MATERIALS AND EXTENDING

CLAIMS ADMINISTRATOR DEADLINES; Case No. C-06-3153 CW

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED BY AND BETWEEN THE PARTIES as follows:

1. The Claims Administrator shall be granted an extension until May 16, 2008 to mail

class notice materials to class members;

2. The Claims Administrator’s deadline for requesting additional information from

claimants whose claim forms are incomplete pursuant to Section XXVI(A) of the proposed

Consent Decree shall be extended to twenty-one (21) days of receipt of the claim form;

3. The Notice Materials attached hereto as Exhibits 3 and 4 include all information

required by Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23, and allow members of the Settlement Class a

full and fair opportunity to submit a claim for proceeds in connection with the Settlement. 

Exhibits 3 and 4 shall be approved and mailed to class members in place of the notice materials

attached as Exhibits 2 and 3 to this Court’s Preliminary Approval Order (Docket Nos. 82.3 and

82.4).

Dated: May 8, 2008 By: /s/ James M. Finberg 

James M. Finberg

James M. Finberg (SBN 114850)

Eve H. Cervantez (SB 164709)

Rebekah B. Evenson (SBN 207825)

ALTSHULER BERZON LLP

177 Post Street, Suite 300

San Francisco, CA 94108

Telephone: (415) 421-7151

Facsimile: (415) 362-8064

E-Mail: jfinberg@altshulerberzon.com

E-Mail: ecervantez@altshulerberzon.com

Kelly M. Dermody (SBN 171716)

Jahan C. Sagafi (SBN 224887)

LIEFF, CABRASER, HEIMANN & 

 BERNSTEIN, LLP

275 Battery Street, 30th Floor

San Francisco, CA 94111-3339

Telephone: (415) 956-1000

Facsimile: (415) 956-1008

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER REVISING NOTICE MATERIALS AND EXTENDING

CLAIMS ADMINISTRATOR DEADLINES; Case No. C-06-3153 CW

E-Mail: kdermody@lchb.com

E-Mail: jsagafi@lchb.com

Robert Rubin (SBN 085084)

Diana C. Tate (SBN 232264

THE LAWYERS’ COMMITTEE FOR CIVIL

 RIGHTS OF THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY

 AREA

131 Steuart Street, Suite 400

San Francisco, CA 94105

Telephone (415) 543-9444

Facsimile: (415) 543-0296

E-Mail: rrubin@lccr.com

E-Mail: dtate@lccr.com

Thomas A. Warren

THOMAS A. WARREN LAW OFFICES

2032 Thomasville Rd #D

Tallahassee, FL 32308-0734

telephone: (850) 385-1551

Facsimile: (850) 385-6008

Email: tw@nettally.com

Bill Lann Lee (SBN 108452)

Todd F. Jackson (SBN 202598)

Vincent Cheng (SBN 230827)

Lindsay Nako (SBN 239090)

LEWIS, FEINBERG, LEE, RENAKER & 

 JACKSON, P.C.

1300 Broadway, Suite 1800

Oakland, CA 94612

Telephone: (510) 839-6824

Facsimile: (510) 839-7839

Email: blee@lewisfeinberg.com

Email: tjackson@lewisfeinberg.com

Email: vcheng@lewisfeinberg.com

Email: Inako@lewisfeinberg.com

Gary Lafayette (SBN 08866)

LAFAYETTE & KUMAGAI

100 Spear Street, Suite 400

San Francisco, CA 94105

Telephone: (415) 357-4600

Facsimile: (415) 357-4605

flafayette@lkclaw.com

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER REVISING NOTICE MATERIALS AND EXTENDING

CLAIMS ADMINISTRATOR DEADLINES; Case No. C-06-3153 CW

Eric Kingsley (SBN 185123)

KINGSLEY & KINSGSLEY

16133 Venture Blvd., Suite 1200

Encino, CA 91436

Telephone: (818) 990-8300

Facsimile: (818) 990-2903

Email: kingsleylaw@aol.com

Attorneys for Plaintiffs and the proposed Class 

Members

Dated: May 8, 2008 By: /s/ William C. Thomas

 William C. Thomas

Gilmore F. Diekmann, Jr. (SBN 50400)

Eric A. Hill (SBN 173247)

Kamili Williams Dawson (SBN 193264)

SEYFARTH SHAW LLP

560 Mission Street, Suite 3100

San Francisco, CA 94105

Telephone: (415) 397-2823

Facsimile: (415) 397-8549

Email: gdiekmann@seyfarth.com

Email: ehill@seyfarth.com

Email: kdawson@seyfarth.com

Michael L. Gallion (SBN 189128)

Joshua A. Rodine (SBN 237774)

William C. Thomas (SBN 241789)

SEYFARTH SHAW LLP

2029 Century Park East, #3300

Los Angeles, CA 90067-3063

Telephone: (310) 277-7200

Facsimile: (310) 201-5219

Email: mgallion@seyfarth.com

Email: jrodine@seyfarth.com

Email: wthomas@seyfarth.com

Gerald L. Maatman, Jr. (pro hac vice)

SEYFARTH SHAW LLP

131 S. Dearborn Street, Suite 2400

Chicago, IL 60603-5577

Telephone: (312) 460-5000

Facsimile: (312) 460-7000

Email: gmaatman@seyfarth.com

Attorneys for Defendants

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER REVISING NOTICE MATERIALS AND EXTENDING

CLAIMS ADMINISTRATOR DEADLINES; Case No. C-06-3153 CW

ORDER

The foregoing stipulation is approved, and IT IS SO ORDERED 

5/8/08

Date: __________________ _________________________________

Hon. Claudia Wilken

United States District Judge

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER REVISING NOTICE MATERIALS AND EXTENDING

CLAIMS ADMINISTRATOR DEADLINES; Case No. C-06-3153 CW

ECF CERTIFICATION

Pursuant to General Order No. 45.X.B., the filing attorney attests that he has obtained

concurrence regarding the filing of this document from each of the signatories to the document.

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