Declaration of Steven Weisbrot in Support of 276 Reply to… — Brooks v. Thomson Reuters Corporation (Dkt. 277)

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Document 277, filed 01/30/25 in Case 3:21-cv-01418-EMC-KAW (Brooks v. Thomson Reuters Corporation, N.D. Cal.), is the Declaration of Steven Weisbrot of Angeion Group re: Status of Claims Filing, dated January 30, 2025. Weisbrot says Angeion's fraud review, which was ongoing when it reported claims as of January 8, 2025, was complete as of January 29, 2025. His table reports 752,034 claims received, 125,302 claims validated for approval, 22.9 million bot applications blocked, 50 opt outs by the deadline and no objections. He states that these figures yield a claims rate of approximately 0.313% and an estimated per-claimant recovery of $154.59 for each participating claimant.

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      Case 3:21-cv-01418-EMC           Document 277    Filed 01/30/25   Page 1 of 3




 1   Andre M. Mura (SBN 298541)                       Geoffrey A. Graber (SBN 211547)
     Ezekiel S. Wald (SBN 341490)                     Karina G. Puttieva (SBN 317702)
 2   GIBBS LAW GROUP LLP                              COHEN MILSTEIN SELLERS &
     1111 Broadway, Suite 2100                        TOLL PLLC
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     Oakland, CA 94607
 4   Telephone: (510) 350-9700                        Washington, DC 20005
     Facsimile: (510) 350-9701                        Telephone: (202) 408-4600
 5   amm@classlawgroup.com                            Facsimile: (202) 408-4699
     zsw@classlawgroup.com                            ggraber@cohenmilstein.com
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12                             UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
                             NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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      CAT BROOKS and RASHEED                    Case No. 3:21-cv-01418-EMC-KAW
15    SHABAZZ, individually and on behalf of
      all others similarly situated,
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                      Plaintiffs,               DECLARATION OF STEVEN WEISBROT
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             v.                                 RE: STATUS OF CLAIMS FILING
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      THOMSON REUTERS CORPORATION,
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                      Defendant.
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 1   I, Steven Weisbrot, declare and state as follows:

 2          1.       I am the President and Chief Executive Officer at the class action notice and claims

 3   administration firm Angeion Group, LLC (“Angeion”). Angeion specializes in designing,

 4   developing, analyzing, and implementing large-scale, un-biased, legal notification plans.

 5          2.       My credentials were provided in my previous declaration describing the Notice Plan

 6   (“Notice Plan Declaration”) (Dkt. No. 241-2).

 7          3.       The purpose of this declaration is to provide the Court with an update on the status of

 8   claims filing in relation to this Court’s Order Granting Preliminary Approval of Class Action

 9   Settlement (Dkt. No. 259) (“Order”) and the Class Action Settlement Agreement (Dkt. No. 241-1)

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11          4.       In connection with Plaintiffs’ Motion for Final Approval, Angeion reported the status

12   of claims filed as of January 8, 2025 (Dkt. No. 273-2 at ¶¶ 41-43). In that Declaration, I noted that

13   Angeion’s “fraud review is ongoing” and that certain claims remained pending validation and fraud

14   review (Id.).

15          5.       As of January 29, 2025, that review is complete. The following table reflects the

16   updated status of claims.

17    Claims received                                    752,034 (750,439 electronic, 1,595 paper)
      Claims validated for approval                      125,302
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      Claims blocked as submitted by software
                                                         22.9 million
19    applications (bots)
      Opt outs received by deadline                      50 (49 electronic, 1 paper)
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      Opt outs received after deadline                   0
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      Objections by deadline                             0
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 1            6.   These figures yield a claims rate of approximately 0.313% and an estimated per-

 2   claimant recovery of $154.59 for each participating claimant.

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 4          I hereby declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct.

 5   Dated: January 30, 2025
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