Parrish et al v. National Football League Players Incorporated

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NOTICE by Herbert Anthony Adderley Class Counsels' Notice of Compliance with Order Granting Final Approval of Settlement (Katz, Ronald) (Filed on 12/16/2009)

Parrish et al v. National Football League Players Incorporated

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MANATT, PHELPS & PHILLIPS, LLP RONALD S. KATZ (Bar No. CA 085713) E-mail: [e-mail] RYAN S. HILBERT (California Bar No. 210549) E-mail: [e-mail] NOEL S. COHEN (California Bar No. 219645) E-mail: [e-mail] 1001 Page Mill Road, Building 2 Palo Alto, CA 94304-1006 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] MCKOOL SMITH, P.C. LEWIS T. LECLAIR (Bar No. CA 077136) E-mail: [e-mail] JILL ADLER NAYLOR (Bar No. CA 150783) E-mail: [e-mail] 300 Crescent Court Dallas, TX 75201 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] Attorneys for Plaintiffs UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

HERBERT ANTHONY ADDERLEY, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, vs. NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE PLAYERS ASSOCIATION, a Virginia corporation, and NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE PLAYERS INCORPORATED d/b/a PLAYERS INC., a Virginia corporation, Defendants.

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Pursuant to the Court's November 23, 2009 Order ("Order") for final approval of the settlement agreement and proposed plan of distribution, Counsel for the GLA Class ("Class Counsel") hereby certifies and attests as follows: (1) On December 3 and 4, 2009, Class Counsel sent a pair of letters to those five nonclass members previously identified by the Court informing them of their non-class member status under the settlement agreement.1 (2) On December 11, 2009, Class Counsel caused to be delivered, through our

professional mailing service, The Garden City Group, Inc., via U.S. mail to each Class Member for whom we have a known address, a filled-in Claim Form and Release in the form of the blank Claim Form and Release attached as Exhibit A to the Declaration of Ronald S. Katz, filed concurrently herewith. (3) Class Counsel anticipate that the first payments out of the escrow fund will be made within thirty (30) days pursuant to the methodology set out in the first paragraph of the second page of the Court-approved Proposed Plan of Distribution, which is attached as Exhibit B to the Katz Declaration. Dated: December 16, 2009 Respectfully submitted, MANATT, PHELPS & PHILLIPS, LLP By: _____/s/ Ronald S. Katz . Ronald S. Katz (SBN 085713) 1001 Page Mill Road, Building 2 Palo Alto, CA 94304-1006 Tel: [phone]; Fax: [phone] MCKOOL SMITH, P.C. Lewis T. LeClair (SBN 077136) 300 Crescent Court Dallas, TX 75201 Tel: [phone]; Fax: [phone] Attorneys for Plaintiffs
The five non-class members were Edward M. Khayat, Robert C. Khayat, John Bramlett, Billy Ray Barnes and Dick Bielski. Class Counsel intended to send a letter to the sixth non-class member previously identified by the Court, Kevin House, Sr., but could not locate Mr. House's address. Mr. House did not submit his address in connection with the copy of the notice Class Counsel obtained on his behalf from the Court. In addition, we are informed that Mr. House's address does not appear in any of the last two retired NFL player directories and repeated attempts to reach Mr. House's son, Kevin House, Jr., were unsuccessful. NOTICE RE CLASS COUNSELS' COMPLIANCE 2 CASE NO. C 07-0943 WHA

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