Case 3:11-cv-02039-JAH-NLS Document 64 Filed 03/06/12 Page 1 of 3 LAW OFFICES OF THE WESTON FIRM 1 RONALD A. MARRON, APLC GREGORY S. WESTON (239944) 2 RONALD A. MARRON (175650) [email protected] [email protected] JACK FITZGERALD (257370) 3 MAGGIE. K. REALIN (263639) [email protected] [email protected] COURTLAND CREEKMORE (182018) 4 SKYE RESENDES (278511) [email protected] [email protected] MELANIE PERSINGER (275423) 5 3636 4th Avenue, Suite 202 [email protected] 6 San Diego, California 92103 1405 Morena Blvd., Suite 201 Telephone: (619) 696-9006 San Diego, California 92110 7 Facsimile: (619) 564-6665 Telephone: (619) 798-2006 Facsimile: (480) 247-4553 8 9 Attorneys for Plaintiffs and the Proposed Settlement Class 10 11 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 12 SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 13 SALVATORE GALLUCCI, AMY ARONICA, Case No. 3:11-CV-2039 JAH NLS 14 KIM JONES, DORIS PETTY, and JEANNE Pleading Type: Class Action PRINZIVALLI, individually and on behalf of 15 all others similarly situated, NOTICE OF MOTION AND MOTION (1) GRANTING PRELIMINARY APPROVAL 16 Plaintiffs, OF CLASS ACTION SETTLMENT, (2) 17 CERTIFYING SETTLEMENT CLASS, (3) APPOINTING CLASS REPRESENTATIVES 18 v. AND LEAD CLASS COUNSEL, (4) APPROVING NOTICE PLAN, AND (5) 19 SETTING FINAL APPROVAL HEARING BOIRON, INC.; and BOIRON USA, INC., 20 21 Judge: Hon. John A. Houston Defendants. Courtroom: 11 (Second Floor) 22 Date: April 30, 2012 _______________________________________ Time: 2:30 p.m. 23 AND ALL RELATED ACTIONS 24 25 26 27 28 Gallucci v. Boiron, Inc., et al., Case No. 3:11-CV-2039 JAH NLS NOTICE OF MOTION AND MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY APPROVAL OF CLASS ACTION SETTLEMENT Case 3:11-cv-02039-JAH-NLS Document 64 Filed 03/06/12 Page 2 of 3 1 TO ALL PARTIES AND THEIR ATTORNEYS OF RECORD: 2 PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that on April 30, 2012, at 2:30 p.m. or as soon thereafter as may be 3 heard, in Courtroom 11 of the United States District Court for the Southern District of California, 4 before the Honorable John A. Houston, Plaintiffs Salvatore Gallucci, Amy Aronica, Kim Jones, Doris 5 Petty and Jeanne Prinzivalli, through their counsel of record, the Law Offices of Ronald A. Marron 6 and the Weston Firm, will and hereby do move the Court, pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 7 23, for an order: 8 (1) Granting preliminary approval of the Settlement in this matter; 9 (2) Designating Plaintiffs Salvatore Gallucci, Amy Aronica, Kim Jones, Doris Petty 10 and Jeanne Prinzivalli as representatives of the Class; 11 (3) Certifying the Class as defined in the Settlement Agreement; 12 (4) Appointing the Law Offices of Ronald A. Marron and the Weston Firm as Lead 13 Counsel for the Class; 14 (5) Approving the Notice Plan attached to the Settlement Agreement as Exhibit F, 15 and directing issuance of the notices to the Class; and 16 (6) Scheduling a Final Approval Hearing. 17 This motion is based on this Notice, the Motion itself, the Memorandum of Points and 18 Authorities in Support thereof; the Declarations of Ronald A. Marron, Christina Sarchio and Mark 19 Land, all prior proceedings had, the papers on file in these matters, and any oral argument presented 20 by counsel. 21 Dated: March 6, 2012 Respectfully Submitted, 22 /s/ Ronald A. Marron Ronald A. Marron 23 LAW OFFICES OF RONALD A. 24 MARRON, APLC RONALD A. MARRON 25 MAGGIE REALIN SKYE RESENDES 26 3636 4th Avenue, Suite 202 San Diego, CA 92103 27 28 1 Gallucci v. Boiron, Inc. et al., Case No. 3:11-CV-2039 JAH NLS NOTICE OF MOTION AND MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY APPROVAL OF CLASS ACTION SETTLEMENT Case 3:11-cv-02039-JAH-NLS Document 64 Filed 03/06/12 Page 3 of 3 Telephone: (619) 696-9006 1 Facsimile: (619) 564-6665 2 THE WESTON FIRM 3 GREGORY S. WESTON JACK FITZGERALD 4 MELANIE PERSINGER COURTLAND CREEKMORE 5 1405 Morena Blvd.,Suite 201 6 San Diego, California 92110 Telephone: (619) 798-2006 7 Facsimile: (480) 247-4553 8 Counsel for Plaintiffs and the Proposed 9 Settlement Class 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 2 Gallucci v. Boiron, Inc. et al., Case No. 3:11-CV-2039 JAH NLS NOTICE OF MOTION AND MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY APPROVAL OF CLASS ACTION SETTLEMENT Case 3:11-cv-02039-JAH-NLS Document 64-1 Filed 03/06/12 Page 1 of 31 LAW OFFICES OF THE WESTON FIRM 1 RONALD A. MARRON, APLC GREGORY S. WESTON (239944) 2 RONALD A. MARRON (175650) [email protected] [email protected] JACK FITZGERALD (257370) 3 MAGGIE. K. REALIN (263639) [email protected] [email protected] COURTLAND CREEKMORE (182018) 4 SKYE RESENDES (278511) [email protected] [email protected] MELANIE PERSINGER (275423) 5 3636 4th Avenue, Suite 202 [email protected] 6 San Diego, California 92103 1405 Morena Blvd., Suite 201 Telephone: (619) 696-9006 San Diego, California 92110 7 Facsimile: (619) 564-6665 Telephone: (619) 798-2006 Facsimile: (480) 247-4553 8 9 Attorneys for Plaintiffs and the Proposed Settlement Class 10 11 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 12 SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 13 SALVATORE GALLUCCI, AMY ARONICA, Case No. 3:11-CV-2039 JAH NLS 14 KIM JONES, DORIS PETTY, and JEANNE Pleading Type: Class Action PRINZIVALLI, individually and on behalf of 15 all others similarly situated, MEMORANDUM OF POINTS AND AUTHORITIES IN SUPPORT OF MOTION 16 Plaintiffs, FOR AN ORDER (1) GRANTING PRELIMINARY APPROVAL OF CLASS 17 ACTION SETTLEMENT, (2) CERTIFYING 18 v. SETTLEMENT CLASS, (3) APPOINTING CLASS REPRESENTATIVE AND LEAD 19 CLASS COUNSEL, (4) APPROVING NOTICE BOIRON, INC.; and BOIRON USA, INC., PLAN, AND (5) SETTING FINAL APPROVAL 20 HEARING 21 Defendants. Judge: Hon. John A. Houston 22 Courtroom: 11 _______________________________________ Date: April 30, 2012 23 Time: 2:30 p.m. AND ALL RELATED ACTIONS 24 25 26 27 28 29 Gallucci v. Boiron, Inc., et al., Case No. 3:11-CV-2039 JAH NLS 30 MEMORANDUM OF POINTS AND AUTHORITIES IN SUPPORT OF MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY APPROVAL 31 Case 3:11-cv-02039-JAH-NLS Document 64-1 Filed 03/06/12 Page 2 of 31 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS 2 3 I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND................................................................... 1 4 II. SUMMARY OF THE SETTLEMENT ......................................................................................... 4 5 A. Proposed Settlement Relief ................................................................................................ 4 6 B. Proposed Notice Plan ......................................................................................................... 7 7 III. THE SETTLEMENT SATISFIES THE CRITERIA FOR PRELIMINARY APPROVAL 8 A. Standards for Preliminary Approval ................................................................................. 8 9 B. The Proposed Class Meets the Qualifications for Conditional Certification. .................. 10 10 C. The Court Should Preliminarily Approve the Proposed Settlement. ............................... 17 11 IV. THE PROPOSED FORM AND METHOD OF CLASS NOTICE ARE APPROPRIATE 12 AND SATISFY THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 23 ............................................................ 28 13 V. THE PROPOSED TIMELINE FOR EVENTS SHOULD BE ADOPTED ................................ 29 14 15 VI. CONCLUSION ............................................................................................................................ 30 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 i Gallucci v. Boiron, Inc., et al., Case No. 3:11-CV-2039 JAH NLS 30 MEMORANDUM OF POINTS AND AUTHORITIES IN SUPPORT OF MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY APPROVAL 31 Case 3:11-cv-02039-JAH-NLS Document 64-1 Filed 03/06/12 Page 3 of 31 1 TABLE OF AUTHORITIES Cases 2 Adams v. Inter-Con Sec. Sys., Inc., 3 No. C-06-5428 MHP, 2007 WL 3225466 (N.D. Cal. Oct. 30, 2007) ................................................. 17 4 Amchem Prods., Inc. v. Windsor, 521 U.S. 591 (1997) .................................................................................................................. 9, 10, 15 5 Boyd v. Bechtel Corp., 6 485 F. Supp. 610 (N.D. Cal. 1979) ..................................................................................................... 26 7 Churchill Vill., L.L.C. v. GE, 361 F.3d 566 (9th Cir. 2004) ........................................................................................................... 8, 28 8 City P’ship Co. v. Jones Intercable, Inc., 9 213 F.R.D. 576 (D. Colo. 2002) .......................................................................................................... 11 Class Plaintiffs v. City of Seattle, 10 955 F.2d 1268 (9th Cir. 1992) ......................................................................................................... 8, 19 11 Cotton v. Hinton, 559 F.2d 1326 (5th Cir. 1977) ............................................................................................................. 27 12 Delarosa v. Boiron, Inc., 13 275 F.R.D. 582 (C.D. Cal. Aug. 24, 2011) ................................................................................... 11, 16 14 Dukes v. Wal-Mart, 131 S.Ct. 2541 (2010) ......................................................................................................................... 12 15 Dura-Bilt Corp. v. Chase Manhattan Corp., 16 89 F.R.D. 87 (S.D.N.Y. 1981)............................................................................................................. 15 Eisen v. Carlisle & Jacquelin, 17 417 U.S. 159, 173 (1974) .................................................................................................................... 28 18 Gen. Tel. Co. of Sw. v. Falcon, 457 U.S. 147, 157 (1982) ...................................................................................................................