Class Notification. All correspondence regarding the cohort will be sent through the EIU email account system.
Class Notification. After due consideration of all relevant facts and available information, Class Counsel and counsel for Defendants have agreed that the most practical means of providing notice to the Settlement Class Members will be by first class mail, postage prepaid as provided herein, supplemented by Website notification as provided herein.
Class Notification. Notice to Class Members shall be accomplished as follows:
Class Notification. Class Notification will be provided at the address of Class Members on file from the arrest records of the Defendants. If, after the initial mailing, any Class Notices are returned as undeliverable, the Settlement Administrator will make reasonable efforts to attempt to locate the relevant Class Members. In the event a new address is located, the Settlement Administrator will ensure another Class Notice and Claim Form is mailed to the new address. The Settlement Administrator is not obligated to do this more than once per Class Member.
Class Notification a. As soon as practicable after the entry of a Preliminary Approval Order, the City will cause to be disseminated a Class Notice, substantially in the form attached as Exhibit B, in two separate and distinct manners:
i. to the addresses listed upon the accompanying Appendix One, by inclusion of a copy of such Notice into the City's utilities regular billing/invoicing mailings addressed to such addresses, and
ii. by appearing upon one or more of the webpages maintained by the City and such display shall continue at least until the date originally noticed for the Fairness Hearing, Such Class Notice shall notify (i) of the Settlement's elements, (ii) a description of the benefits accruing to the members of the Class, (iii) that Counsel for the plaintiff and the Settlement Class may, and will, seek from the Court by motion or petition an award of fees and reimbursement of their case expenses incurred in the course of their rendering of such services, not to exceed $371,670.92; (iv) of the date and time of the Fairness Hearing, (v) that the date and time of the Fairness Hearing may be advanced at the Court's discretion and without further notice to the Class in the event no objection or attorney appearance is timely filed, and that the Fairness Hearing may be adjourned and/or rescheduled without further notice, (vi) how a Class Member may timely object to the Settlement and/or to the attorney fee and costs/expenses reimbursement requests, and how a Class Member may be represented by counsel of the Class Member's choice at the Class Member's expense, and (vii) of their right to object to this Settlement Agreement. In addition, the City will display the entirety of this Settlement Agreement, together with its Appendix One and Exhibits A, B, C, and D, on one or more of the webpages and such display shall continue at least until the date originally noticed for the Fairness Hearing.
b. As soon as practicable after entry of a Preliminary Approval Order, the City will cause to be published the Summary Class Notice, substantially in the form attached as Exhibit C, once a week over a period of three weeks in The Morning Journal.
Class Notification. Notice of this Settlement shall be given to the Class Members as soon as practicable after entry of the Court’s order approving the form of Notice of Proposed Settlement of Class Action, provided, however, that the notice process shall commence no later than thirty (30) days after the entry of such order. Class Notice will include details of the proposed Settlement, including the Plan of Allocation, the application for attorneys’ fees, incentive awards and expenses and costs, the date and time for the Fairness Hearing, and Class Members’ right to object. The Administrator will mail Notice of Settlement to all Class Members, postage-paid by first class United States Mail, after updating the last known address as reflected in Class Counsel’s records. The Parties will request jointly that the Court create and maintain a web page containing links to relevant documents, as agreed upon by the Parties. If such request is not granted, the Administrator will be responsible for the creation and maintenance of such a web page. With the exception of the obligations conferred by Paragraph 20 of this Agreement, Class Counsel, or their agents, bear all responsibility for any and all obligations relating to class notification.
Class Notification. If, after the initial mailing, any Class Notices are returned as undeliverable, the Settlement Administrator will make reasonable efforts to attempt to locate the relevant Class Members by way of national locator database. In the event a new address is located, the Settlement Administrator will ensure another Class Notice and Claim Form is mailed to the new address.
