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Urakhchin v. Allianz Asset Management of America, L.P., 8:15-cv-01614-JLS-JCG. (2018)

Court: District Court, C.D. California Number: infdco20180731708 Visitors: 12
Filed: Jul. 30, 2018
Latest Update: Jul. 30, 2018
Summary: FINAL JUDGMENT JOSEPHINE L. STATON , District Judge . Having issued its Order granting Plaintiffs' motion for final approval of the Class Action Settlement Agreement dated December 26, 2017 (herein the "Settlement") in the above matter, the Court hereby orders and adjudges as follows: 1. The First Amended Complaint and all Released Claims asserted therein, whether asserted by the Class Representatives on their own behalf or on behalf of the Class Members, or derivatively to secure relief f
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FINAL JUDGMENT

Having issued its Order granting Plaintiffs' motion for final approval of the Class Action Settlement Agreement dated December 26, 2017 (herein the "Settlement") in the above matter, the Court hereby orders and adjudges as follows:

1. The First Amended Complaint and all Released Claims asserted therein, whether asserted by the Class Representatives on their own behalf or on behalf of the Class Members, or derivatively to secure relief for the Plan, are dismissed with prejudice, without costs to any of the Settling Parties other than as provided for in this Settlement Agreement.

2. The Class Representatives and each Class Member and their respective heirs, beneficiaries, executors, administrators, estates, past and present partners, officers, directors, agents, attorneys, predecessors, successors, and assigns, shall be (i) conclusively deemed to have, and by operation of the Effective Approval Order shall have, fully, finally, and forever settled, released, relinquished, waived, and discharged Defendants, the Plan, and the Released Parties from all Released Claims, and (ii) barred and enjoined from suing Defendants, the Plan, or the Released Parties in any action or proceeding alleging any of the Released Claims, even if any Class Member may thereafter discover facts in addition to or different from those which the Class Member or Class Counsel now know or believe to be true with respect to the Action and the Released Claims, whether or not such Class Members have executed and delivered a Former Participant Claim Form, whether or not such Class Members have filed an objection to the Settlement, and whether or not the objections or claims for distribution of such Class Members have been approved or allowed.

3. The Plan shall be (i) conclusively deemed to have, and by operation of the Effective Approval Order shall have, fully, finally, and forever settled, released, relinquished, waived, and discharged Defendants and the Released Parties from all Released Claims, and (ii) barred and enjoined from suing Defendants or the Released Parties in any action or proceeding alleging any of the Released Claims, even if the Plan or any Class Member on behalf of the Plan may thereafter discover facts in addition to or different from those which the Plan or any Class Member now knows or believes to be true with respect to the Action and the Released Claims.

4. Each Class Member shall release Defendants, Defense Counsel, Class Counsel, the Released Parties, and the Plan from any claims, liabilities, and attorneys' fees and expenses arising from the allocation of the Gross Settlement Amount or Net Settlement Amount and for all tax liability and associated penalties and interest as well as related attorneys' fees and expenses.

5. The Court finds that it has subject matter jurisdiction over the claims herein and personal jurisdiction over the Defendants and the Class Members pursuant to the provisions of ERISA, and expressly retains that jurisdiction for purposes of enforcing this Final Approval Order and/or the Settlement Agreement

6. The Court finds that all applicable CAFA requirements have been satisfied.

7. The Settlement Administrator shall have final authority to determine the share of the Net Settlement Amount to be allocated to each Current Participant and each Authorized Former Participant pursuant to the Plan of Allocation approved by the Court.

8. With respect to payments or distributions to Authorized Former Participants, all questions not resolved by the Settlement Agreement shall be resolved by the Settlement Administrator in its sole and exclusive discretion.

9. Within twenty-eight (28) calendar days following the issuance of all settlement payments to Class Members as provided by the Plan of Allocation approved by the Court, the Settlement Administrator shall prepare and provide to Class Counsel and Defense Counsel a list of each person who received a settlement payment or contribution from the Qualified Settlement Fund and the amount of such payment or contribution.

10. Upon the Effective Date of this Order under the Settlement Agreement, all Settling Parties, the Settlement Class, and the Plan shall be bound by the Settlement Agreement and by this Final Approval Order.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Source:  Leagle

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