MDL 1735 - In RE: Wal-Mart Wage & Hour Employment Practices Litigation

Filing 653

ORDER Granting 646 Co-Lead Counsel Carolyn Beasley Burton's Motion to File Under Seal, for In Camera Review, Motion to Disqualify Layn R. Phillips. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Co-Lead Counsel Burton immediately shall provide copies of the mot ion and supporting documents to Plaintiffs' co-counsel only. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Plaintiffs' co-counsel shall file any responses to motion to disqualify on or before 6/23/10. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that a Motion Hearing is set for 6/25/2010 01:30 PM in LV Courtroom 7D before Judge Philip M. Pro. Signed by Judge Philip M. Pro on 6/14/10. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - EDS)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT D IS T R IC T OF NEVADA *** ) IN RE: WAL-MART WAGE AND HOUR ) E M P L O Y M E N T PRACTICES ) L IT IG A T IO N . ) ) ) AND ALL RELATED CASES. ) )

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Having read and considered the Motion of Co-Lead Counsel Carolyn Beasley Burton to File Under Seal, for In Camera Review, Motion to Disqualify Layn R. Phillips as the Fee Arbitrator and to Enjoin Him From Exercising Arbitral Authority Without Leave of Court (Doc. #646), the responses by Defendant Wal-Mart (Doc. #650) and Objectors Stephanie Swift, Fatima Andrews, Deborah Maddox, and Jessica Goana (Doc. #648), and Co-Lead Counsel Carolyn Beasley Burton's reply (Doc. #649), and good cause appearing, IT IS ORDERED that Motion of Co-Lead Counsel Carolyn Beasley Burton to File Under Seal, for In Camera Review, Motion to Disqualify Layn R. Phillips as the Fee Arbitrator and to Enjoin Him From Exercising Arbitral Authority Without Leave of Court (Doc. #646) is hereby GRANTED. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Co-Lead Counsel Carolyn Beasley Burton immediately shall provide copies of the motion to disqualify and supporting documents to Plaintiffs' co-counsel only. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Plaintiffs' co-counsel shall file any responses to CoLead Counsel Carolyn Beasley Burton's motion to disqualify on or before June 23, 2010. ///

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IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Court will hold a hearing on Co-Lead C o u n s e l Carolyn Beasley Burton's Motion to Disqualify Layn R. Phillips as the Fee A rb itra to r and to Enjoin Him from Exercising Arbitral Authority Without Leave of Court o n Friday, June 25, 2010 at 1:30 p.m. in Courtroom 7C, in the United States District Court, D is tric t of Nevada, located at 333 S. Las Vegas Blvd., Las Vegas, Nevada, 89101.

DATED: June 14, 2010 _______________________________ PHILIP M. PRO United States District Judge

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