PRELIMINARY APPROVAL OF SETTLEMENT. Promptly upon execution of this Stipulation, Lead Plaintiffs will move for preliminary approval of the Settlement, certification of the Settlement Class for settlement purposes only, and the scheduling of a hearing for consideration of final approval of the Settlement, which motion shall be unopposed by Defendants. Concurrently with the motion for preliminary approval, Lead Plaintiffs shall apply to the Court for, and Defendants shall agree to, entry of the Preliminary Approval Order, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A.
PRELIMINARY APPROVAL OF SETTLEMENT. Promptly after the execution of this Settlement Agreement, counsel for the Settling Parties shall jointly present this Settlement Agreement to the Court, along with a motion requesting that the Court issue a Preliminary Approval Order substantially in the form attached as Exhibit B, which shall include, among other things, the following:
1. preliminary certification under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23, for settlement purposes only, of the Settlement Class;
2. preliminary approval of the Settlement memorialized in this Settlement Agreement as fair, reasonable and adequate;
3. approval of the Class Notice containing the language in Exhibit D for distribution to Settlement Class Members;
4. a direction to Ford to distribute, at its expense, the Class Notice in the form approved by the Court to Settlement Class Members; a direction that each potential Settlement Class Member who wishes to be excluded from the Settlement Class must respond to the Class Notice in writing in accordance with the instructions set forth in the Class Notice and that their responses must be received by the date set forth in the Preliminary Approval Order;
5. a finding that the Class Notice constitutes the best notice practicable under the circumstances, including individual notice to all Settlement Class Members who can be identified with reasonable effort, and constitutes valid, due, and sufficient notice to Settlement Class Members in full compliance with the requirements of applicable law, including the due process clause of the United States Constitution;
6. a direction that, pending final determination of the joint application for approval of this Settlement Agreement, all proceedings in this Litigation other than settlement approval proceedings shall be stayed and all Settlement Class Members who do not request exclusion from the Settlement Class shall be enjoined from commencing or prosecuting any action, suit, proceeding, claim, or cause of action in any court or before any tribunal based upon the 6.0L diesel engine in the Class Vehicles;
7. a direction that any Settlement Class Member who has not properly and timely requested exclusion from the Settlement Class will be bound by the Final Order and Judgment;
PRELIMINARY APPROVAL OF SETTLEMENT. Promptly, and not later than ten (10) business days after execution of this Stipulation, Lead Plaintiff will move for preliminary approval of the Settlement, authorization to provide notice of the Settlement to the Settlement Class, and the scheduling of a hearing for consideration of final approval of the Settlement, which motion shall be unopposed by Defendants. Concurrently with the motion for preliminary approval, Lead Plaintiff shall apply to the Court for, and Defendants shall agree to, entry of the Preliminary Approval Order, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A.
PRELIMINARY APPROVAL OF SETTLEMENT. Promptly after the execution of this Settlement Agreement, Class Counsel shall present this Settlement Agreement to the Court, along with a motion requesting that the Court issue a Preliminary Approval Order substantially in the form attached as Exhibit 3.
PRELIMINARY APPROVAL OF SETTLEMENT. The Parties agree to the following procedures for obtaining preliminary approval of the Settlement, certifying a conditional Settlement Class, notifying Settlement Class Members, and obtaining final court approval of the Settlement:
PRELIMINARY APPROVAL OF SETTLEMENT. 5.1 Promptly after the execution of this Settlement Agreement, Named Plaintiffs shall present this Settlement Agreement to the Court, along with a motion requesting that the Court issue a Preliminary Approval Order, which shall be without material alteration from Exhibit A attached hereto.
PRELIMINARY APPROVAL OF SETTLEMENT. The Court has reviewed the Stipulation and preliminarily finds, pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23(e)(1), that the Court will likely be able to approve the proposed Settlement as fair, reasonable, and adequate under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23(e)(2), subject to further consideration at the Settlement Hearing described below.
PRELIMINARY APPROVAL OF SETTLEMENT. Within fifteen (15) days of execution of this Stipulation, Lead Plaintiffs will move for preliminary approval of the Settlement, certification of the Settlement Class for settlement purposes only, authorization to provide notice of the Settlement to the Settlement Class, and the scheduling of a hearing for consideration of final approval of the Settlement, which motion shall be unopposed by Defendants. Concurrently with the motion for preliminary approval, Lead Plaintiffs shall apply to the Court for, and Defendants shall agree to, entry of the Preliminary Approval Order, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A. If the Settlement is terminated for any reason or not approved by the Court, the conditional approval of the Action as a class action shall be vacated immediately without further application or motion by any person or entity, and the Action shall proceed as if the Settlement Class had never been certified, and the appointments in ¶ 2 had not been made.
PRELIMINARY APPROVAL OF SETTLEMENT. Following full execution of this Agreement, Plaintiffs shall seek preliminary approval of this settlement by the Court for entry of a Preliminary Approval Order. As part of the preliminary approval process, the Court shall be asked to approve, among other matters, the terms of the settlement, the method of providing notice, the Notice Package, the procedure for the calculation of settlement distributions, and scheduling of a hearing on final approval of the settlement and on Settlement Class Counsel’s application for payment of attorneys’ fees, costs, and expenses, and service award, as set forth herein.
PRELIMINARY APPROVAL OF SETTLEMENT. Following full execution of this Agreement, Plaintiffs will move the Court for entry of the Preliminary Approval Order, which shall specifically include provisions that: (a) preliminarily approve the Settlement as fair, adequate and reasonable to the Settlement Class, and within the reasonable range of possible final approval; (b) conditionally certify the Settlement Class for Settlement purposes only and appoint Class Counsel as counsel for the Settlement Class for Settlement purposes only; (c) approve the forms of Class Notice and find that the notice constitutes the best notice practicable under the circumstances, provides due and sufficient notice to the Settlement Class and fully satisfies the requirements of due process and Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23; (d) direct that notice be provided to the Settlement Class, in accordance with this Agreement, by the Notice Deadline; (e) establish a procedure for persons in the Settlement Class to object to the Settlement or exclude themselves from the Settlement Class by the Objection/Exclusion Deadline, after which no one shall be allowed to object to the Settlement or exclude himself or herself from the Settlement Class or seek to intervene; (f) approve the Claim Form and the Claims Process described herein, and set a deadline for timely submission of claims;
