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Nature of Suit Code: 190
Nature of Suit: Other Contract Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Contract Dispute

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[PROPOSED] ORDER GRANTING PLTFS’ MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF ATTORNEY FEES

LEAD CASE NO. 5:13-cv-05226-LHK

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Eric H. Gibbs (SBN 178658)

Dylan Hughes (SBN 209113)

David M. Berger (SBN 277526)

GIRARD GIBBS LLP

601 California Street, 14th Floor

San Francisco, California 94108

Telephone: (415) 981-4800

Facsimile: (415) 981-4846

Email: ehg@girardgibbs.com

Plaintiffs’ Interim Lead Class Counsel

[Additional Plaintiffs’ Counsel Listed on Signature Page]

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN JOSE DIVISION

In re Adobe Systems Inc. Privacy Litigation Lead Case No. 5:13-cv-05226-LHK

[Consolidated with Case Nos. 13-cv-05596-LHK,

13-cv-05611-LHK, 13-cv-05930-LHK,

14-cv-00014-LHK, 14-cv-00030-LHK, and

14-cv-00157-LHK]

[PROPOSED] ORDER GRANTING

PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION FOR APPROVAL

OF ATTORNEY FEES

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This matter comes before the Court on Plaintiffs’ Motion for Approval of Attorney Fees [ECF

No. 97], which was filed in connection with Plaintiffs’ Motion for Approval of Voluntary Dismissal of

Putative Class Claims Pursuant to Settlement [ECF No. 87] and pursuant to the Court’s order of June

10, 2015 [ECF No. 90]. Having reviewed the arguments and evidence submitted in support of the

motion, the Court GRANTS Plaintiffs’ motion and finds as follows:

1. In settlement of Plaintiffs’ claim for attorney fees and expenses under California’s

private attorney general statute, Cal. Civ. Proc. Code § 1021.5, and as part of the parties’ mediated

individual settlement [ECF No. 87-2], Defendant Adobe Systems Inc. has agreed to pay Plaintiffs’

counsel $1,180,000 in attorney fees and expenses.

2. The Court has reviewed the declarations submitted by Plaintiffs’ lead counsel, Eric H.

Gibbs [ECF Nos. 87-1, 98]; the contemporaneous billing records submitted by Plaintiffs’ counsel; each

attorney’s, paralegal’s, and staff member’s billing rates; and the justifications for those billing rates. 3. The Court finds that class counsel reasonably spent 2,539.8 hours representing the

interests of Adobe consumers through this litigation, finds counsel’s hourly rates to be reasonable and

in line with the prevailing rates in the community for complex litigation, and finds that $1,281,952 is a

reasonable lodestar value for the legal services provided by Plaintiffs’ counsel. 4. The Court has also considered the factors that can support upward or downward

adjustments of counsel’s lodestar under California law and finds that those factors—in particular, the

contingency risk that counsel faced in pursuing this lawsuit—could support an upward adjustment.

5. Based on the Court’s analysis of counsel’s lodestar and the factors that might support an

award of a fee multiplier, the Court finds Adobe’s agreement to pay $1,180,000 to be a reasonable

settlement of counsel’s claim for attorney fees and expenses under California’s private attorney general

statute. The Court finds no evidence that Adobe has agreed to pay a fee measurably higher than it

could conceivably have to pay were the fee amount litigated. 6. Accordingly, the Court grants Plaintiffs’ Motion for Approval of Attorney Fees [ECF

No. 97], payable by Adobe as provided for in the parties’ Settlement Agreement [ECF No. 87-2].

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: _____________ ________________________________ LUCY H. KOH

United States District Judge

August 13, 2015

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