In re: High-Tech Employee Antitrust Litigation

Filing 1107

ORDER TO FILE BILLING RECORDS SUPPORTING LODESTAR CALCULATION FOR THE JOSEPH R. SAVERI LAW FIRM, INC. Signed by Judge Lucy H. Koh on 7/20/2015. (lhklc3, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 7/20/2015)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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SAN JOSE DIVISION

United States District Court
Northern District of California

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IN RE: HIGH-TECH EMPLOYEE
ANTITRUST LITIGATION

Case No. 11-CV-02509-LHK
ORDER TO FILE BILLING RECORDS
SUPPORTING LODESTAR
CALCULATION FOR THE JOSEPH R.
SAVERI LAW FIRM, INC.

THIS DOCUMENT RELATES TO:
ALL ACTIONS

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At the July 9, 2015 hearing on final approval, the Court ordered Lieff Cabraser Heimann &

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Bernstein (“LCHB”) and the Joseph R. Saveri Law Firm, Inc. (“JSLF”) (collectively, “Co-Lead

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Counsel”) to meet and confer, and come to agreement if possible, regarding the total lodestar that

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Co-Lead Counsel believe the Court should consider for purposes of awarding attorney’s fees in

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this case. In particular, the Court ordered Co-Lead Counsel to go through JSLF’s billing records,

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entry by entry, and indicate to the Court in a joint filing which entries LCHB disputed and why.

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ECF No. 1101, Final Approval Tr. at 66:15-25.

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On July 20, 2015, Co-Lead Counsel submitted a joint filing indicating their agreement on a
total lodestar amount. ECF No. 1105. That amount, which is the sum of the individual lodestars
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Case No. 11-CV-02509-LHK
ORDER TO FILE BILLING RECORDS SUPPORTING LODESTAR CALCULATION FOR THE JOSEPH R.
SAVERI LAW FIRM, INC.

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for each of JSLF, LCHB, Berger & Montague and Grant & Eisenhofer, is $18,259,097.75. Id.

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¶ 10. To arrive at this figure, Co-Lead Counsel agreed that JSLF’s individual lodestar, as reported

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in Mr. Saveri’s supplemental declaration of May 21, 2015, should be further reduced by

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$2,338,000.00 (from $6,314,819.25 to $3,979,819.25). Id. That reduction was based on “the

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following adjustments: (i) disregard all time reported and billed by Mr. Saveri ($2,059,344), and

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(ii) reduce of the remainder of JSLF reported time by a total of $278,656.” Id.

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While the Court appreciates that Co-Lead Counsel were able to come to agreement on a
total lodestar amount, Co-Lead Counsel’s joint filing does not provide the Court with an adequate

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basis for calculating JSLF’s lodestar. Accordingly, the Court hereby ORDERS Co-Lead Counsel

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to file revised attorney billing records for JSLF establishing the basis for JSLF’s revised lodestar.

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United States District Court
Northern District of California

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Co-Lead Counsel shall also file a joint statement or declaration summarizing JSLF’s revised

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billing records, including the total number of hours spent by JSLF attorneys on this litigation, the

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JSLF attorneys’ individual billing rates, and justifications for such rates. Co-Lead Counsel shall

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file these documents no later than July 24, 2015.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

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Dated: July 20, 2015
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LUCY H. KOH
United States District Judge

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Case No. 11-CV-02509-LHK
ORDER TO FILE BILLING RECORDS SUPPORTING LODESTAR CALCULATION FOR THE JOSEPH R.
SAVERI LAW FIRM, INC.