Hibnick v. Google Inc.

Filing 131

Declaration of Gary E. Mason in Support of 130 Notice (Other), Notice (Other) Class Counsel's Final Application for Reimbursement of Expenses filed byJohn Case, Eva Hibnick, Lauren Maytin, Mark Neyer, Andranik Souvalian, Katherine C Wagner. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit 1 Mason LLP Expenses, # 2 Exhibit 2 Rubenstein Declaration and Expenses)(Related document(s) 130 ) (Mason, Gary) (Filed on 6/10/2011)

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Gary E. Mason (pro hac vice) gmason@masonlawdc.com Donna F. Solen (pro hac vice) dsolen@masonlawdc.com MASON LLP 1625 Massachusetts Ave., NW Washington, DC 20036 Telephone: (202) 429-2290 Facsimile: (202) 429-2294 Michael F. Ram (SBN 104805) mram@ramolson.com RAM & OLSON LLP 555 Montgomery Street, Suite 820 San Francisco, California 94111 Telephone: (415) 433-4949 Facsimile: (415) 433-7311 Attorneys for Plaintiffs and the Proposed Class 11 THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 12 FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 13 SAN JOSE DIVISION 14 No.: 10-00672 JW 15 IN RE GOOGLE BUZZ USER PRIVACY LITIGATION 16 This Document Relates To: ALL CASES DECLARATION OF GARY E. MASON, ESQ. IN SUPPORT OF SUPPLEMENTAL APPLICATION FOR REIMBURSEMENT OF EXPENSES 17 JUDGE: Hon. James Ware MEDIATOR: Hon. Fern Smith (Ret.) 18 19 Original Complaint Filed: 02/17/10 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 I, GARY E. MASON, under of penalty of perjury, state and aver as follows: 1. I am Lead Class Counsel for the Settlement Class. 2. Mason LLP has incurred additional unreimbursed expenses of $7,400.07 since December 20, 2010. These expenses were incurred principally in connection with travel from Washington D.C., to San Jose, California for the Final Approval Hearing, for a payment to The Rose Foundation, and for research conducted in connection with Plaintiffs’ responses to various 28 –1– Case No. 10-0672 JW – DECLARATION OF GARY E. MASON IN SUPPORT OF FINAL APPLICATION FOR ATTORNEYS’FEES AND REIMBURSEMENT OF EXPENSES 1 2 objections filed to the Settlement. A summary of those expenses is attached as Exhibit 1. 3. The Law Office of William B. Rubenstein has incurred additional unreimbursed 3 expenses of $7,284.09 since December 20, 2010. See Supplemental Declaration of William B. 4 Rubenstein in Support of Application for Attorneys’ Fees and Reimbursement of Expenses, Exhibit 5 2, hereto. These expenses were incurred principally in connection with travel from Boston, 6 Massachusetts to San Jose, California for the Final Approval Hearing and for a payment made to 7 The Rose Foundation. 8 9 10 11 4. Ram & Olson has incurred additional unreimbursed expenses of $262.77 since December 20, 2010. These expenses were incurred principally in connection with in-house copying and FedEx charges. 5. Pursuant to the above, Class Counsel seek reimbursement of unreimbursed expenses 12 in the amount of $14,946.93, in addition to the $29,286.85, previously requested, for a total amount 13 of $44,233.78. 14 6. Class Counsel agreed to pay The Rose Foundation a total of $60,000.00 for services it 15 provided in connection with the nominations of cy pres recipients. These services includes 16 preparation of an application form, dissemination of the application to Rose’s privacy database, 17 responding to prospective applicant inquiries, review of all nominations for conformity with 18 requirements, and organization of nominations received. Class Counsel have paid The Rose 19 Foundation $10,000.00 to date as a retention payment; $50,000.00 remains outstanding. 20 7. The Garden City Group was selected to administer certain aspects of the notice 21 program including creation and maintenance of an official website, www.buzzclassaction.com, and 22 the administration of communications with class members, including questions and requests for 23 exclusions. The Garden City Group has invoiced Class Counsel $62,777.44 for services rendered in 24 connection with Notice and Distribution Administration from project inception through completion. 25 26 27 28 –2– Case No. 10-0672 JW – DECLARATION OF GARY E. MASON IN SUPPORT OF FINAL APPLICATION FOR ATTORNEYS’FEES AND REIMBURSEMENT OF EXPENSES 1 I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct. 2 Executed on the 10th day of June, 2011, in Washington, D.C. 3 4 5 6 7 By: /s/ Gary E. Mason Gary E. Mason Mason LLP 1625 Massachusetts Ave., NW Suite 605 Washington, DC 20036 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 –3– Case No. 10-0672 JW – DECLARATION OF GARY E. MASON IN SUPPORT OF FINAL APPLICATION FOR ATTORNEYS’FEES AND REIMBURSEMENT OF EXPENSES

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