Minute Entry for proceedings held before Magistrate Judge Donna M. Ryu:… — Plaid Privacy (Dkt. 177)

Summary

Civil Law and Motion Minute Order dated 5/12/2022, Doc. 177 in In re Plaid Inc. Privacy Litigation, No. 4:20-cv-03056-DMR, before Judge Donna M. Ryu in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. It records that the Final Fairness Hearing on Plaintiffs' Motion for Final Approval of Class Action Settlement and the hearing on Plaintiffs' Motion for Attorney Fees, Reimbursement of Expenses and Service Awards were held by Zoom video conference. Objector Steven Helfand appeared and spoke, and a second objector who filed an untimely objection also appeared and was granted leave to speak. The order requires Class Counsel to submit supplemental evidence on the request for attorneys' fees by no later than 5/19/2022.

Summary drafted by a model from the document's text below and checked by script against that text before publication. It is a navigation aid, not a reading of what the document proves. Where AI is used

Record facts

Full text

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 
 
CIVIL LAW AND MOTION MINUTE ORDER 
 
Date:  5/12/2022 
Time: 1:16-2:00 
Judge: DONNA M. RYU 
Case No.: 4:20-cv-03056-DMR 
Case Name: IN RE PLAID INC. PRIVACY LITIGATION  
 
For Plaintiffs:  
Rachel Geman 
Shawn Kennedy 
Chris Cormier 
Mike Sheen 
 
For Defendant:  
Whitty Somvichian 
 
Objectors who made an appearance: 
Steve Helfand 
Randal Krueger 
 
Deputy Clerk: Ivy Lerma Garcia 
 
Recorded in Zoom:  1:16-2:00 
 
PROCEEDINGS HELD BY ZOOM VIDEO CONFERENCE 
 
1. Final Fairness Hearing/Plaintiffs’ Motion for Final Approval of Class Action Settlement 
[Docket No. 156] held 
 
2. Plaintiffs’ Motion for Attorney Fees, Reimbursement of Expenses and Service Awards 
[Docket No. 157] held 
 
Class Members who filed timely objections were given the opportunity to be heard.  Objector 
Steven Helfand appeared and spoke on the record regarding his timely objection.  Randal 
Kreuger, who filed an untimely objection to the settlement, also appeared and was granted leave 
to speak on the record regarding his objection.  No other objectors appeared.  On Class Counsel’s 
motion, joined by Defendant, the court (1) granted Kreuger leave to file a claim by no later than 
5/19/2022 that will be treated as timely, and (2) ordered that the approximately 100 late-filed 
claims received by the administrator as of today’s date shall be treated as timely.   
 
By no later than 5/19/2022, Class Counsel shall submit supplemental evidence supporting the 
request for an award of attorneys’ fees, including specifically addressing how the three firms 
appointed Class Counsel organized and carried out their division of labor to ensure that there was 
no duplication of work and/or to minimize such duplication.  Class Counsel shall also submit 
support for the hourly rates requested as follows: Herrera Kennedy, all timekeepers; Lieff 
Cabraser, Danna Elmasry; and Burns Charest, all timekeepers other than Chris Cormier and 
Warren Burns. 
Case 4:20-cv-03056-DMR   Document 177   Filed 05/12/22   Page 1 of 2

Order to be issued by:  
(  ) 
Plaintiff 
 
(  ) 
Defendant 
 
(X) 
Court 
 
cc:  Chambers 
Case 4:20-cv-03056-DMR   Document 177   Filed 05/12/22   Page 2 of 2

File and source

File

gov.uscourts.cand.359040.177.0.pdf

Size

81,519 bytes

SHA-256

4b7fbda0d0c185fb428eb5a64f13edcc6f403d3a3d7bfaa0032b73f19f4903cd

Our copy

gov.uscourts.cand.359040.177.0.pdf

Original

storage.courtlistener.com