Time Keeping and Submission of Time Records. All time must be accurately and contemporaneously maintained. Participating Counsel shall keep a daily record of their time spent in connection with common benefit work on this litigation, indicating with specificity the hours, location and particular activity (such as “conducted deposition of Xxxx Xxx.”). Time entries that are not sufficiently detailed may not be considered for common benefit payments. All common benefit work time for each firm shall be maintained in a tenth-of-an-hour increment. Upon order of the Court payments may be made from the GBCA Fee Fund to attorneys who provide services or incur expenses for the joint and common benefit of plaintiffs in addition to their own client or clients. These guidelines are intended for all activities performed and expenses incurred by counsel that relate to matters common to all claimants in MDL 1909 and California or New Jersey Coordinated Proceedings. 1. All time submissions must be incurred only for work authorized under this Participation Agreement. 2. All time submissions must be made on the forms provided by the PEC. 3. All time and expenses are subject to proper and timely submission (on the 15th of each month beginning on March 15, 2009) of contemporaneous records certified to have been timely received within thirty (30) days after the 15th of the previous month. 4. All time submissions must be electronically sent in the designated form on a monthly basis to the attention of Xxxx X. Xxxx of the law firm of Burg Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxxx, P.C. at xxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx or Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx of Skikos, Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx at xxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx so they can be compiled and submitted to the Court. Each will cooperatively share and maintain the data submitted. It is therefore essential that each firm, on a monthly basis, timely submit it records for the preceding month.
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Samples: Participation Agreement
Time Keeping and Submission of Time Records. All time must be accurately and contemporaneously maintained. Participating Counsel shall keep a daily record of their time spent in connection with common benefit work on this litigation, indicating with specificity the hours, location and particular activity (such as “conducted deposition of Xxxx Xxx.”). Time entries that are not sufficiently detailed may not be considered for common benefit payments. All common benefit work time for each firm shall be maintained in a tenth-of-an-hour increment. Upon order of the Court payments may be made from the GBCA YASMIN/YAZ/OCELLA Fee Fund to attorneys Participating Counsel who provide services or incur expenses for the joint and common benefit of plaintiffs in addition to their own client or clients. Attorneys eligible are limited to Plaintiffs’ Co-Lead and Liaison Counsel and members of the Plaintiff’s Steering Committee, and other Participating Counsel called upon by them to assist in performing their responsibilities and Court appointed State Liaison Counsel, and other Participating Counsel performing similar responsibilities in state court actions. These guidelines are intended for all activities performed and expenses incurred by counsel that relate to matters common to all claimants in MDL 1909 2100 and California California, Pennsylvania or New Jersey Coordinated Proceedings.
1. All time submissions must be incurred only for work authorized under this Participation Agreement.
2. All time submissions must be made on the forms provided by the PECPSC.
3. All time and expenses are subject to proper and timely submission (on the 15th of each month beginning on March April 15, 20092010) of contemporaneous records certified to have been by a partner in the submitting firm, which must be timely received within thirty (30) days after the 15th of the previous month. The initial submission shall include all Common Benefit time and expense incurred prior to and including March 15, 2010.
4. All time submissions must be electronically sent in the designated form on a monthly basis to the attention of Xxxx Xxxxx X. Xxxx Xxxxxx of the law firm of Burg Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxxx, P.C. at xxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx or Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx of Skikos, Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx at xxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx xxxxxxx@xxxxxxx.xxx so they can be compiled reviewed, compiled, and submitted to the Court. Each will cooperatively share and maintain Court at the data submittedappropriate time. It is therefore essential that each firm, on a monthly basis, timely submit it records for the preceding month.
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Time Keeping and Submission of Time Records. All time must be accurately and contemporaneously maintained. Participating Counsel shall keep a daily record of their time spent in connection with common benefit work on this litigation, indicating with specificity the hours, location and particular activity (such as “conducted deposition of Xxxx Xxx.”). Time entries that are not sufficiently detailed may not be considered for common benefit payments. All common benefit work time for each firm shall be maintained in a tenth-of-an-hour increment. Upon order of the Court payments may be made from the GBCA Fee Fund to attorneys who provide services or incur expenses for the joint and common benefit of plaintiffs in addition to their own client or clients. These guidelines are intended for all activities performed and expenses incurred by counsel that relate to matters common to all claimants in MDL 1909 and California or New Jersey Coordinated Proceedings.
1. All time submissions must be incurred only for work authorized under this Participation Agreement.
2. All time submissions must be made on the forms provided by the PEC.
3. All time and expenses are subject to proper and timely submission (on the 15th of each month beginning on March January 15, 2009) of contemporaneous records certified to have been timely received within thirty (30) days after the 15th of the previous month.
4. All time submissions must be electronically sent in the designated form on a monthly basis to the attention of Xxxx X. Xxxx of the law firm of Burg Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxxx, P.C. at xxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx or Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx of Skikos, XxxxxxxxCrawford, Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx at xxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx so they can be compiled and submitted to the Court. Each will cooperatively share and maintain the data submitted. It is therefore essential that each firm, on a monthly basis, timely submit it records for the preceding month.
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Samples: Participation Agreement
Time Keeping and Submission of Time Records. All time must be accurately and contemporaneously maintained. Participating Counsel shall keep a daily record of their time spent in connection with common benefit work on this litigation, indicating with specificity the hours, location and particular activity (such as “conducted deposition of Xxxx Xxx.”). Time entries that are not sufficiently detailed may not be considered for common benefit payments. All common benefit work time for each firm shall be maintained in a tenth-of-an-hour incrementincrements. Upon order of Time submissions will be audited by the Court payments may be made from the GBCA Fee Fund to attorneys who provide services or incur expenses for the joint and common benefit of plaintiffs in addition to their own client or clientsCPA. These guidelines are intended for all activities performed and expenses incurred by counsel that relate to matters common to all claimants Participating Counsel in MDL 1909 and California or New Jersey Coordinated Proceedings.2753:
1. All time submissions must be incurred only for work authorized under this Participation Agreement.;
2. All time submissions must be made on the forms provided by the PEC.;
3. All time Time and expenses expense submissions are subject to proper and timely submission (be made on the 15th of each month month, beginning on March June 15, 2009) 2017. Each submission should contain all time and expenses incurred during the calendar month prior to the submission date (i.e., the June 15, 2017 submission should include all time and expenses incurred during the month of May, 2017), though the first submission should include all time and expenses incurred through May 31, 2017. All time and expense submissions should be accompanied by contemporaneous records certified to have been timely received within thirty (30) days and verified by a partner or shareholder in the submitting firm. Submissions of time and expense made after the 15th day of the previous monthmonth following the month in which the time or expense were incurred may be rejected. Only time and expense incurred after the entry of CMO #3 by this Court appointing Plaintiffs’ Leadership on March 13, 2017 (plus any time and expense incurred by those appointed to leadership in complying with the terms of CMO #1) shall be submitted and considered for common benefit consideration. Moreover, only that time and those expenses incurred for the common benefit of all cases, consistent with the terms of the Common Benefit Order and this Participation Agreement, shall be considered.
4. All time submissions must be electronically sent in the designated form on a monthly basis to the attention of Xxxx X. Xxxx of the law firm of Burg Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxxx, P.C. at xxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx or Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx of Skikos, Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx at xxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx CPA and Plaintiffs’ Executive Committee so they can be compiled reviewed, compiled, and submitted to the CourtCourt at the appropriate time.
5. Each will cooperatively share Failure to provide submissions in a timely manner shall result in a waiver of attorney fees and maintain the data submitted. It is therefore essential that each firm, on a monthly basis, timely submit it records expenses claimed for the preceding time period that is the subject of the submission. Failure to submit time and expense records in electronic (searchable) format on the Excel forms approved by Plaintiffs’ Executive Committee, or any other method approved by Plaintiffs’ Executive Committee, will result in a notice of deficiency, after which the submitting firm shall have 15 days to cure the deficient submission. Absent prior approval from Plaintiffs’ Executive Committee or special circumstances, failure to cure the deficiency within the fifteen- day period shall result in (a) that month.’s submission being rejected, and
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Samples: Participation Agreement