CLASS NOTICE AND SETTLEMENT FAIRNESS HEARING Sample Clauses

CLASS NOTICE AND SETTLEMENT FAIRNESS HEARING. As part of this Settlement Agreement, the Parties agree to the following procedures for obtaining the Court’s preliminary approval of this Settlement Agreement, notifying the Settlement Class, obtaining final Court approval of this Settlement Agreement, and processing the Settlement Awards.

CLASS NOTICE AND SETTLEMENT FAIRNESS HEARING. 1. Upon execution of this Agreement of Settlement, Plaintiffs will file, and H&R Block will not oppose, a Motion for Preliminary Approval of Settlement and for Approval of Class Notice pursuant to Texas Rule of Civil Procedure 42. A copy of the proposed Class Notice is attached hereto as EXHIBIT A. 2. H&R Block shall pay all costs associated with dissemination of the Class Notice and the administration of the settlement. 3. Class Members shall have the right to object to the settlement or the request by Class Counsel for an award of attorneys' fees and expenses by filing written objections with the Court not later than twenty (20) days before the hearing on final approval of the settlement, and serving copies of such papers on all counsel for the parties hereto. Failure to file such timely written objections will preclude a Class Member from objecting at the final approval hearing. 4. Subject to the approval of the Court, Class Notice will also be disseminated to persons who obtained RALs in Texas prior to 1992, by publication, and subsequent to 1996, by mail. Any opt-outs of the Action by such persons pursuant to the Class Notice must be in a writing signed by the individual person and not his or her counsel or other representative. 5. Class Counsel shall not solicit the representation of persons who have opted out from the class with respect to any of the Settled Claims that were or could have been raised in the Action, the Cause 99-314 Action or the Xxxxxxxx Action.

CLASS NOTICE AND SETTLEMENT FAIRNESS HEARING. The following procedures will govern the Court’s preliminary and final approval of this Agreement and notice to the Plaintiff Class: 1. Within 21 days of any approval of the Action Plan and the Agreement by the Board, the Parties will file a joint stipulation requesting that the Court grant preliminary approval of this Agreement, as well as approve the notice to the Plaintiff Class. The Parties will submit the proposed forms of all notices and other documents necessary to implement this Agreement to the Court, including the final Action Plan. The Parties will translate the proposed class notice into Spanish. Defendant will provide notice of the proposed settlement to the appropriate federal and state officials, as required by the Class Action Fairness Act (“CAFA”) codified at 28 U.S.C. § 1715. 2. If the Court grants preliminary approval of this Agreement and approves the notice to the Plaintiff Class, the Parties will take the following steps to effect notice of this Agreement as required by the CAFA: a. Defendant will promptly post a copy of the notice to the Plaintiff Class in both English and Spanish in the common area of all housing units in MCJ and TTCF and in places in the IRC where inmates who are being processed into the jails can read them; b. Defendant will post copies of the notice to the Plaintiff Class in both English and Spanish in places where K-10 inmates and inmates in disciplinary segregation in MCJ and TTCF can read them. Defendant will provide copies of the notice upon request to K-10 inmates and inmates who have been in disciplinary segregation in MCJ and TTCF for more than 10 days during the notice period. Defendant will bear the cost of translating, printing, posting, and distributing the notice to the Plaintiff Class; and