What is the Fairness Hearing?. The Court has preliminarily approved the Settlement and will hold a Fairness Hearing (also known as a “Final Approval Hearing”) to decide whether to give final approval to the Settlement. The purpose of the Fairness Hearing will be for the Court to determine whether the Settlement should be approved as fair, reasonable, adequate, and in the best interests of the Settlement Class; to consider the award of attorneys’ fees and expenses to Class Counsel; and to consider the request for a service awards to the Representative Plaintiff.
