Rupa Marya v. Warner Chappell Music Inc
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DECLARATION of Tiffaney Janowicz in Support of NOTICE OF MOTION AND MOTION for Settlement Approval of Preliminary Approval of Proposed Class Action Settlement ; Memorandum of Points and Authorities in Support Thereof 301 filed by Plaintiffs Good Morning to You Productions Corp, Majar Productions LLC, Rupa Marya, Robert Siegel. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit A, # 2 Exhibit B)(Manifold, Betsy)
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
WESTERN DIVISION
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GOOD MORNING TO YOU
PRODUCTIONS CORP., et al.,
Lead Case No. CV 13-04460-GHK
(MRWx)
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Plaintiffs,
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v.
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WARNER/CHAPPELL MUSIC, INC.,
et al.,
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Defendants.
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DECLARATION OF TIFFANEY
JANOWICZ IN SUPPORT OF
PRELIMINARY APPROVAL OF
PROPOSED SETTLEMENT
Judge: Hon. George H. King, Chief
Judge
Date: Feb.29, 2016
Time: 9:30 a.m.
Room: 650
Judge: Hon. George H. King
Chief Judge
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I, Tiffaney Janowicz, hereby declare as follows:
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I am a Senior Vice President of Rust Consulting, Inc. ("Rust"). I submit
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this declaration in connection with the above-captioned matter at the request of
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Counsel. l make this declaration based upon my own personal knowledge and, if
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called as a witness in this action, I would be able to competently testify as to the facts
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set fo1th herein. Attached as Exhibit A is my C.V., which outlines my experience and
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qualifications.
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With nearly 30 years of class action settlement administration experience,
Rust is among the industry's leaders. Rust has administered more than 5,200 class
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were in the past five years alone. Rust employs a permanent staff of approximately
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300 people working in offices nationwide.
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A C.V. outlining Rust's services and
experience is attached as Exhibit B.
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Rust handles the claims administration process for class actions of all
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5 and employment, property, finance, telecom, and products liability class actions. In
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the past, Rust has handled claims administration in, among many other matters, the
7 $1.l billion settlement in Microsoft 1-VCases, J.C.C.P. No. 4106 (Cal. Super. Ct. San
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Francisco County); the $65 million settlement in In re Lawn Mower Engine
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Horsepower Marketing and Sales Practices Litig., No. 2:08-md-1999, MDL No. 1999
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(E.D. Wisc.); the $316 million direct purchasers settlement in In re TFT-LCD (Flat
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Panel) Antitrust Litigation, MDL No. 1827 (N.D. Cal.); the $166 million settlement in
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Jn re Electronic Books Antitrust litigation, No. 11-md-2293 (S.D.N.Y.); and the $125
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million settlement in Jn re Pharmaceutical Industry Average Wholesale Price
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litigation
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01-CV-12257-PBS, MDL No.
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administering class action settlements of all types and sizes and will use this
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experience to develop and implement the claims administration process for this action.
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(All
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Rust has considerable experience in
I have reviewed the Settlement Agreement, the notice provisions therein,
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and the Settlement Class Member Address List. I believe that the proposed settlement
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notice and administration is typical to programs that Rust Consulting has implemented
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in similar matters, as well as other such programs I am aware of.
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Based on the proposed notice and administration plans outlined in the
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Settlement Agreement, I estimate the cost of the entire program to be approximately
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$120,000. [am aware that, subject to the Court's approval, the first $100,000 of notice
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and administration expenses will be paid from the Settlement Fund. Rust has made
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satisfactory arrangements with the Defendants to satisfy any additional notice and
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administration expenses that may be incurred to comply with the notice and
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I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct.
4 Executed this 23rd day of February, 2016.
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