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Your Legal Rights and Options in the Settlement |
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Submit a
claim. |
This is the
only way to be eligible to receive a payment from the Settlement Fund. If you are a Class Member and you remain in
the Class, you will be bound by the Settlement as approved by the Court and
you will give up any Released Claims (defined below) that you have against
Defendants and the other Released Defendant Parties (defined below), so it is
in your interest to submit a Claim Form. |
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Exclude
yourself. The exclusion deadline has now passed. Exclusion requests must have been received no later than February 14, 2023. |
If you exclude
yourself from the Class, you will not be eligible to receive any payment from
the Settlement Fund. This is the only
option that allows you ever to be part of any other lawsuit against any of
the Defendants or the other Released Defendant Parties concerning the
Released Claims. |
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Object. The objection deadline has now passed. A written objection must have been received no later
than February 14, 2023. |
If you do not
like the proposed Settlement, the proposed Plan of Allocation, or the request
for attorneys’ fees and reimbursement of Litigation Expenses, you may write
to the Court and explain why you do not like them. You cannot object to the Settlement, the
Plan of Allocation or the fee and expense request unless you are a Class
Member and do not exclude yourself from the Class. |
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Appear at a
hearing.
The Settlement Hearing took place on March 7, 2023. The Settlement was approved. |
Filing a
written objection and notice of intention to appear by February 14, 2023
allows you to speak in Court, at the discretion of the Court, about the
fairness of the proposed Settlement, the Plan of Allocation, and/or the
request for attorneys’ fees and reimbursement of Litigation Expenses. If you submit a written objection, you may
(but you do not have to) attend the hearing and, at the discretion of the
Court, speak to the Court about your objection. |
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Do nothing. |
If you are a
member of the Class and you do not submit a valid Claim Form, you will not be
eligible to receive any payment from the Settlement Fund. You will, however, remain a member of the
Class, which means that you give up your right to sue about the claims that
are resolved by the Settlement and you will be bound by any judgments or
orders entered by the Court in the Action. |
