State of Florida, Office of the Attorney General, Department of Legal Affairs v. AU Optronics Corporation et al

Filing 232

ORDER Re: Distribution from Escrow Funds for Claims Administration. Signed by Judge Susan Illston on 2/25/16. (tfS, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 2/26/2016)

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1 2 3 4 5 Craig C. Corbitt (83251) Judith A. Zahid (215418) Qianwei Fu (242669) Heather T. Rankie (268002) ZELLE LLP 44 Montgomery Street, Suite 3400 San Francisco, CA 94104 Telephone: (415) 693-0700 Facsimile: (415) 693-0770 ccorbitt@zelle.com 6 10 Joseph M. Alioto (42680) Theresa D. Moore (99978) ALIOTO LAW FIRM One Sansome Street, 35th Floor San Francisco, CA 94104 Telephone: (415) 434-8900 Facsimile: (415) 434-9200 jmalioto@aliotolaw.com 11 Co-Lead Class Counsel for Indirect-Purchaser Plaintiffs 7 8 9 12 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 13 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 14 SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 IN RE TFT-LCD (FLAT PANEL) ANTITRUST LITIGATION ) ) ) ) ) This Document Relates to: ) ) All Indirect-Purchaser Actions; ) ) State of Missouri, et al. v. AU Optronics ) Corporation, et al., Case No. 10-cv-3619; ) State of Florida v. AU Optronics Corporation, ) ) et al., Case No. 10-cv-3517; and ) ) State of New York v. AU Optronics ) Corporation, et al., Case No. 11-cv-0711. ) ) Case No. 3:07-MD-1827 SI MDL No. 1827 [PROPOSED] ORDER RE: DISTRIBUTION FROM ESCROW FUNDS FOR CLAIMS ADMINISTRATION The Honorable Susan Illston 25 26 27 28 [PROPOSED] ORDER RE: DISTRIBUTION FROM ESCROW FUNDS FOR CLAIMS ADMINISTRATION 1 WHEREAS, on July 11, 2012, the Court granted final approval to settlements between 2 the Indirect-Purchaser Plaintiffs (“IPPs”) and the States of Arkansas, California, Florida, 3 Michigan, Missouri, New York, West Virginia, and Wisconsin (“Settling States”) on the one 4 hand, and defendants Chimei, Chunghwa, Epson, HannStar, Hitachi, Samsung and Sharp, as 5 identified in the respective Settlement Agreements, and inclusive of related entities also 6 identified in the respective Settlement Agreements (collectively, “Group-I Settling Defendants”), 7 on the other hand; and 8 WHEREAS, on April 3, 2013, the Court granted final approval to the settlements 9 between IPPs and the Settling States, and defendants AUO, LG and Toshiba, as identified in the 10 respective Settlement Agreements (collectively, “Group-II Settling Defendants” and with the 11 Group-I Settling Defendants referred to hereafter as “All Settling Defendants”), on the other 12 hand; and 13 WHEREAS, the Settlement Agreements with All Settling Defendants provide that the 14 costs of administration of the claims process shall be paid from the Settlement Fund of each 15 Settling Defendant, pro rata, based on each Settling Defendant’s Settlement Amount; and 16 17 18 WHEREAS, the cost of claims administration invoiced by Rust Consulting is $74,625.41 (see Exhibit 1 attached hereto); and WHEREAS, pursuant to the Settlement Agreements the following amounts may be 19 deducted from each Settling Defendant’s Settlement Fund to pay such costs of claims 20 administration: 21 Chimei $7,605.15 22 Chunghwa $365.87 23 Epson $196.55 24 HannStar $1,768.99 25 Hitachi $2,688.12 26 Samsung 27 Sharp $7,965.61 28 AUO $11,138.06 $16,551.92 1 [PROPOSED] ORDER RE: DISTRIBUTION FROM ESCROW FUNDS FOR CLAIMS ADMINISTRATION 1 LG 2 Toshiba $1,448.29 3 TOTAL $74,625.41 4 5 WHEREAS, Well Fargo Bank, N.A. has informed the parties that it requires an order from the Court before it will distribute payment for these additional costs; 6 7 $24,896.85 THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. shall wire $74,625.41 to the following account: 8 Bank of Texas 9 ABA/Routing # 111014325 10 Account # 8093434387 11 Account Name: Rust Consulting 12 Reference # 128325 13 Federal Tax ID # 41-1813634 14 Bank Contact: Mayra Landeros, (214) 987-8817 15 16 The balance of funds in the demand-deposit account, if any, shall be retained for additional costs as they are incurred. 17 18 IT IS SO ORDERED. 19 20 Dated: Feb. 25 , 2016 Hon. Susan Illston United States District Judge 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 3269875v1 28 2 [PROPOSED] ORDER RE: DISTRIBUTION FROM ESCROW FUNDS FOR CLAIMS ADMINISTRATION EXHIBIT 1 Invoice 625 MARQUETTE AVENUE, SUITE 880 MINNEAPOLIS, MN 55402 P 612.359.2000 I F 612.359.2050 WWW.RUSTCONSULTING.COM FEDERAL ID #: 41-1813634 TO: DATE: INVOICE #: MATTER #: 02/23/16 16-267 829200 Qianwei Fu Attorney at Law Zelle LLP 44 Montgomery Street, Suite 3400 San Franciso, CA 94104 QFu@zelle.com PROJECT LCD Indirect January 2016 Claims Administration Services Project Management Technical Consulting Initial Notice Correspondence/Admin Mail Claims Validation & Audits Call Center Support Fund Distribution Payment Calculations Check Reissues Bank Account Mgmt/Tax Reporting 7,687.84 2,410.00 61.60 32.34 16.66 362.60 1,545.38 2,155.84 968.50 573.81 15,814.57 SUBTOTAL Expenses and Other Charges: Call Center/Telecommunications Shredding/Storage Bank Fees/Other Photocopies/Faxing/Printing Address Traces /Undeliverables Website Hosting $ 1,353.64 2,512.70 460.00 62.30 25.20 325.00 4,738.84 $ 20,553.41 SUBTOTAL TOTAL INVOICE WIRE INFORMATION ACCOUNT #: 8093434387 ABA/ROUTING # WIRE or ACH: 111014325 BANK: BANK OF TEXAS, DALLAS, TX 75225 BANK CONTACT: MAYRA LANDEROS 214.987.8817 REFERENCE: INVOICE NUMBER PAYMENT MAILING ADDRESS: P O BOX 142589 DRAWER #9051 Irving, TX  75014-2589 PAYMENT TERMS: NET DUE UPON RECEIPT DATE: 02/23/16 INVOICE #: 16-267 MATTER #: 829200 STATEMENT OF ACCOUNT Current Invoice Per January 2016 Claims Administration Services Total Current Invoice $ 20,553.41 PREVIOUS BALANCE DUE $ 54,072.00 Total Amount Due $ 74,625.41 OUTSTANDING INVOICES: Date Invoice # 11/12/15 15-6173 14,603.65 14,603.65 1/4/16 15-6617 21,193.00 21,193.00 1/18/16 15-6730 18,275.35 18,275.35 WIRE INFORMATION ACCOUNT #: 8093434387 ABA/ROUTING # WIRE or ACH: 111014325 BANK: BANK OF TEXAS, DALLAS, TX 75225 BANK CONTACT: MAYRA LANDEROS 214.987.8817 REFERENCE: INVOICE NUMBER PAYMENT MAILING ADDRESS: P O BOX 142589 DRAWER #9051 Irving, TX  75014-2589 Amount Payments Balance PAYMENT TERMS: NET DUE UPON RECEIPT

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