Class Representative Service Awards. Plaintiffs, through their counsel, shall each be entitled to apply to the Court for an award from the Settlement Fund for their participation in the Actions and their service to the Settlement Class. Based on their respective levels of participation in the Actions, Plaintiff Xxxxxxx shall be entitled to apply for a Class Representative Service Award in an amount not exceeding $10,000.00 in recognition of his service to the Settlement Class and Plaintiffs Dixon, Powell, and Polcare shall be entitled to apply for a Class Representative Service Award in an amount not exceeding $3,000.00 in recognition of their service to the Settlement Class. Target shall not oppose or appeal such applications that do not exceed these amounts. The Class Representative Service Awards shall be paid from the Settlement Fund.
Class Representative Service Awards. Defendant will not object to a request for Class Representative Service Award of up to Ten Thousand Dollars and Zero Cents ($10,000.00) to Plaintiff for his time and risk in prosecuting this case, and his service to the Settlement Class. These awards will be in addition to Plaintiff’s Settlement Award as a Settlement Class member and shall be reported on an IRS Form 1099 issued by the Settlement Administrator. Even if the Court reduces or does not approve the requested Service Award, Plaintiff shall not have the right to revoke this Settlement Agreement, and it will remain binding.
Class Representative Service Awards. 126. Before the Final Approval Hearing or at the same time that Plaintiffs seek final approval of the Settlement Agreement, Class Counsel shall move the Court for an Incentive Award for each Class Representative in an amount not to exceed $5,000.
Class Representative Service Awards. 15 6.1 The Class Representatives shall be entitled to service awards of $2,500 each, 16 which shall be paid by defendants in the Lawsuit pro rata, i.e., Sybo shall pay one-ninth of $7,500 17 ($833) toward the Class Representatives’ service awards. For the avoidance of doubt, the Class 18 Representative service awards will be paid by Defendant separately from and not count towards 19 its obligation to fund the Payment Fund.
Class Representative Service Awards. 1. Class Counsel shall petition the Court for, and Dell shall not oppose, a Class Representative service award in an amount up to $5,000 for each of the Class Representatives in the Action, in recognition of their efforts on behalf of the Class. The Court’s award of any Class Representative service award shall be separate from its determination of whether to approve the Settlement. In the event the Court approves the Settlement, but declines to award a Class Representative service award in the amount requested by Class Counsel, the Settlement will nevertheless be binding on the Parties and all Class Members.
Class Representative Service Awards. Xxx xxxxxxxx xxxxx must evaluate named plaintiffs’ awards individually, using relevant 18 factors including “the actions the plaintiff has taken to protect the interests of the class, the degree to which the class has benefitted from those actions, . . . [and] the amount of time and effort the plaintiff expended in pursuing the litigation.” Staton v. Boeing Co., 327 F.3d 938, 977 (9th Cir. 21 2003). “Such awards are discretionary . . . and are intended to compensate class representatives for work done on behalf of the class, to make up for financial or reputational risk undertaken in bringing the action, and, sometimes, to recognize their willingness to act as a private attorney 24 general.” Xxxxxxxxx x. Xxxx Publishing Corp., 563 X.0x 000, 000-000 (0xx Xxx. 2009). The Ninth Circuit recently emphasized that district courts must “scrutiniz[e] all incentive awards to determine whether they destroy the adequacy of the class representatives.” Radcliffe v. Experian
Class Representative Service Awards. 13.2.1. The Parties agree that Class Representatives and Class Counsel may seek service awards to the Class Representatives not to exceed Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000) per Class Representative for a total amount of requested service awards of Three Hundred Thousand Dollars ($300,000), to be paid from the Settlement Fund as provided in the Plan of Distribution.
Class Representative Service Awards. A service award not to exceed $5,000 to each of the named plaintiffs, Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx and Xxxx Xxxxxxxx, to compensate them for services on behalf of the Class in initiating and prosecuting the Litigation. The service awards must be approved by the Court. • LWDA Payment. A civil penalty payment of approximately $15,000 to the California Labor and Workforce Development Agency’s share of civil penalties under PAGA. • Attorneys’ Fees and Expenses. Class Counsel – which includes attorneys from two separate law firms that have been prosecuting the Lawsuit on behalf of the Class Members on a contingency fee basis (that is, without being paid any money to date) and have been paying all litigation costs and expenses. To date, the parties have aggressively litigated many aspects of the case including settlement efforts and a full day mediation session. The Court will determine the actual amount awarded to Class Counsel as attorneys’ fees, which will be paid from the Settlement Amount. Class Members are not personally responsible for any of Class Counsel’s attorneys’ fees or expenses. Class Counsel will collectively ask for fees of one third (i.e., $175,000) of the Settlement Amount as reasonable compensation for the work Class Counsel performed and will continue to perform in this Lawsuit. Class Counsel also will ask for reimbursement of up to $15,000.00 for the costs Class Counsel incurred in connection with the Lawsuit. After the above payments are subtracted from the Gross Settlement Fund, the remaining amount will be distributed to Class Members (the “Net Settlement Fund”). The Net Settlement Fund will be allocated according to the number of weeks each Class Member was contracted with KOC as a Field Agent in California during the Settlement Period. Each Class Member shall initially be allocated a share of the Net Settlement Fund according to the number of weeks that individual was contracted as a Field Agent in California during the Settlement Period, divided by the total number of weeks that all Class Members combined were contracted as Field Agents in California during the Settlement Period.
Class Representative Service Awards. In recognition of their service to the Settlement Class, the Motion for Fees, Costs, and Service Awards may request the Court to approve service awards of $5,000 each to the Class Representatives subject to the approval of the Court. Xxxxxx will take no position on the Motion for Attorneys’ Fees, Costs, and Service Awards as long as the requested amounts are consistent with this and the preceding paragraph. The service awards shall be paid from the Settlement Fund at the same time as Settlement Payments are made to Settlement Class Members. Should the Court reduce or decline to approve any requested service awards, the Settlement shall remain effective.
Class Representative Service Awards. 1. Class Counsel may request service awards not to exceed seven thousand five hundred dollars ($7,500.00) per Class Representative. Any service awards shall be paid out of the Gross Settlement Amount, subject to Court approval, which Swift shall not oppose.
