Case 2:18-cv-04258-SVW-GJS Document 180 Filed 04/09/21 Page 1 of 39 Page ID #:6038 1 Steve W. Berman (pro hac vice) HAGENS BERMAN SOBOL SHAPIRO LLP 2 1918 Eighth Avenue, Suite 3300 3 Seattle, WA 98101 (206) 623-7292 4 [email protected] 5 Annika K. Martin (pro hac vice) LIEFF CABRASER HEIMANN & BERNSTEIN, LLP 6 250 Hudson Street, 8th Floor New York, NY 10013 7 (212) 355-9500 [email protected] 8 Daniel C. Girard (SBN 114826) 9 GIRARD SHARP LLP 601 California Street, Suite 1400 10 San Francisco, CA 94108 (415) 981-4800 11 [email protected] 12 Class Counsel and Plaintiffs’ Executive Committee 13 [Additional Counsel Listed on Signature Page] 14 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 15 CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 16 WESTERN DIVISION 17 IN RE: USC STUDENT HEALTH No. 2:18-cv-04258-SVW 18 CENTER LITIGATION [Consolidated with: 19 No. 2:18-cv-04940- SVW-GJS, No. 2:18-cv-05010-SVW-GJS, 20 No. 2:18-cv-05125-SVW-GJS, and No. 2:18-cv-06115-SVW-GJS] 21 PLAINTIFFS’ NOTICE OF 22 MOTION AND MOTION FOR ATTORNEYS’ FEES AND 23 EXPENSES AND FOR SERVICE AWARDS; MEMORANDUM OF 24 POINTS AND AUTHORITIES IN SUPPORT 25 26 Date: June 7, 2021 Time: 1:30 p.m. 27 Hon. Stephen V. Wilson 28 PLAINTIFFS’ NOTICE OF MOTION AND MOTION FOR ATTORNEYS’ FEES AND EXPENSES AND FOR SERVICE AWARDS CASE NO. 2:18-cv-04258-SVW Case 2:18-cv-04258-SVW-GJS Document 180 Filed 04/09/21 Page 2 of 39 Page ID #:6039 1 NOTICE OF MOTION AND MOTION 2 TO ALL PARTIES AND THEIR ATTORNEYS OF RECORD: 3 PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that on June 7, 2021, at 1:30 p.m., or as soon 4 thereafter as the matter may be heard by the Honorable Stephen V. Wilson in 5 Courtroom 10A of the above-entitled court, located at 350 West First Street, Los 6 Angeles, California 90012, Plaintiffs in these consolidated actions will and hereby do 7 move the Court, pursuant to Rule 23 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, for an 8 Order: (1) awarding Class Counsel attorneys’ fees and reimbursement of expenses in 9 the amount of $25 million: $24,243,762 in attorneys’ fees and $756,238 in 10 unreimbursed expenses; and (2) awarding service awards of $15,000 to 46 Plaintiffs 11 and of $20,000 to four Plaintiffs. 12 This motion is based on the incorporated memorandum of law; the declarations 13 submitted herewith; the pleadings and papers on file in this action; any further papers 14 filed in support of this motion; and any additional arguments of counsel. Pursuant to 15 Civil Local Rule 7-3, counsel for Plaintiffs conferred with counsel for Defendant USC 16 prior to filing this Motion, and USC does not oppose the relief sought. 17 18 DATED: April 9, 2021 Respectfully submitted, 19 By /s/ Daniel C. Girard 20 Daniel C. Girard 21 Jordan Elias 22 GIRARD SHARP LLP 601 California Street, Suite 1400 23 San Francisco, CA 94108 24 Tel.: (415) 981-4800 Fax: (415) 981-4846 25 Email: [email protected] 26 27 28 PLAINTIFFS’ NOTICE OF MOTION AND MOTION FOR ATTORNEYS’ FEES AND EXPENSES AND FOR SERVICE AWARDS CASE NO. 2:18-cv-04258-SVW Case 2:18-cv-04258-SVW-GJS Document 180 Filed 04/09/21 Page 3 of 39 Page ID #:6040 1 Steve W. Berman Shelby R. Smith 2 HAGENS BERMAN SOBOL SHAPIRO LLP 3 1301 Second Avenue, Suite 2000 Seattle, WA 98101 4 Tel.: 206-623-7292 5 Fax: 206-623-0594 Email: [email protected] 6 Email: [email protected] 7 Whitney K. Siehl 8 HAGENS BERMAN SOBOL 9 SHAPIRO LLP 10 455 N. Cityfront Plaza Dr., Suite 2410 Chicago, IL 60611 11 Tel.: 708-628-4949 12 Fax: 708-628-4950 Email: [email protected] 13 14 Christopher R. Pitoun HAGENS BERMAN SOBOL 15 SHAPIRO LLP 16 301 N. Lake Ave, Suite 920 Pasadena, CA 91101 17 Tel.: (213) 330-7150 18 Fax: (213) 330-7152 Email: [email protected] 19 20 Jonathan D. Selbin Annika K. Martin 21 Evan J. Ballan 22 LIEFF CABRASER HEIMANN & BERNSTEIN, LLP 23 275 Battery Street, 29th Floor 24 San Francisco, CA 94111-3339 Tel.: (415) 956-1000 25 Fax: (415) 956-1008 26 27 28 PLAINTIFFS’ NOTICE OF MOTION AND MOTION FOR ATTORNEYS’ FEES AND EXPENSES AND FOR SERVICE AWARDS CASE NO. 2:18-cv-04258-SVW Case 2:18-cv-04258-SVW-GJS Document 180 Filed 04/09/21 Page 4 of 39 Page ID #:6041 1 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] 2 Email: [email protected] 3 Class Counsel and Plaintiffs’ Executive 4 Committee 5 Joseph G. Sauder 6 SAUDER SCHELKOPF LLC 7 1109 Lancaster Avenue Berwyn, PA 19312 8 Tel: (610) 200-0580 9 Fax: (610)727-4360 10 Email: [email protected] 11 Jonathan Shub SHUB LAW FIRM LLC 12 134 Kings Highway East 13 2nd Floor Haddonfield, NJ 08033 14 Tel: 856.772.7200 15 Email: [email protected] 16 Additional Class Counsel 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 PLAINTIFFS’ NOTICE OF MOTION AND MOTION FOR ATTORNEYS’ FEES AND EXPENSES AND FOR SERVICE AWARDS CASE NO. 2:18-cv-04258-SVW Case 2:18-cv-04258-SVW-GJS Document 180 Filed 04/09/21 Page 5 of 39 Page ID #:6042 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS 2 Page 3 I. INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................. 1 4 5 II. RELEVANT BACKGROUND .......................................................................... 3 6 A. The Settlement Provides a Substantial Monetary Recovery for the Class and Ensures Meaningful Institutional Reforms. ............................. 3 7 8 B. The Innovative Three-Tier Settlement Structure Designed Around Claimant Choice. ...................................................................................... 6 9 C. The Time and Resources Expended to Achieve the Settlement. ............. 8 10 11 III. ARGUMENT ................................................................................................... 10 12 A. Class Counsel’s Fee Request Is Reasonable as a Percentage of the Recovery ................................................................................................ 11 13 14 B. Application of the Lodestar Cross-Check Also Demonstrates That the Fee Requested by Class Counsel Is Reasonable. ............................. 13 15 16 1. Class Counsel’s Hourly Rates Are Reasonable. .......................... 14 17 2. The Amount of Time Class Counsel Devoted Is Reasonable. .... 15 18 3. Class Counsel’s Efficient Resolution of the Case Supports 19 the Requested Fee. ..................................................................... 177 20 a. The Substantial Monetary Relief, Thoughtful Claim Process, and Far-Reaching Reforms Obtained Support 21 the Requested Attorneys’ Fees. ......................................... 18 22 b. The Contingent Nature of the Representation, Delay in 23 Payment, and Risks Class Counsel Assumed Support 24 the Requested Fee. ............................................................. 20 25 c. The Quality of Class Counsel’s Work and Their Experience Support the Fee Request. ................................ 22 26 27 - i - 28 PLAINTIFFS’ NOTICE OF MOTION AND MOTION FOR ATTORNEYS’ FEES AND EXPENSES AND FOR SERVICE AWARDS CASE NO. 2:18-cv-04258-SVW Case 2:18-cv-04258-SVW-GJS Document 180 Filed 04/09/21 Page 6 of 39 Page ID #:6043 1 C. Class Counsel Should Be Reimbursed for Their Litigation Expenses. ................................................................................................ 23 2 3 D. The Requested Service Awards for Plaintiffs Are Reasonable ............. 24 4 IV. CONCLUSION ................................................................................................ 25 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 - ii - 28 PLAINTIFFS’ NOTICE OF MOTION AND MOTION FOR ATTORNEYS’ FEES AND EXPENSES AND FOR SERVICE AWARDS CASE NO. 2:18-cv-04258-SVW Case 2:18-cv-04258-SVW-GJS Document 180 Filed 04/09/21 Page 7 of 39 Page ID #:6044 1 TABLE OF AUTHORITIES 2 Page(s) 3 CASES 4 Aichele v. City of Los Angeles, 5 No. CV-12-10863-DMG-FFMx, 2015 WL 5286028 (C.D. Cal. Sept. 9, 2015) ......................................................................................................... 13, 14 6 7 Alikhan v. Goodrich Corp., No. CV17-6756J-GB-RAOx, 2020 WL 4919382 (C.D. Cal. June 25, 8 2020) ................................................................................................................... 15 9 In re Am. Apparel, Inc. S’holder Litig., 10 No. CV10-06352-MMM-JCGx, 2014 WL 10212865 (C.D. Cal. July 28, 2014) ............................................................................................................. 23 11 12 Amador v. Baca, No. 2:10-cv-01649-SVW-JEM, 2020 WL 5628938 (C.D. Cal. Aug. 13 11, 2020) (Wilson, J.) ............................................................................. 12, 20, 24 14 In re Amgen Inc. Sec. Litig., 15 No. CV 7-2536 PSG, 2016 WL 10571773 (C.D. Cal. Oct. 25, 2016) ............... 23 16 In re Anthem, Inc. Data Breach Litig., 17 No. 15-MD-02617-LHK, 2018 WL 3960068 (N.D. Cal. Aug. 17, 2018) ................................................................................................................... 12 18 19 Bendon v. DTG Operations, Inc., No. EDCV16-0861-FMO-AGRx, 2018 WL 4976511 (C.D. Cal. Aug. 20 22, 2018) ............................................................................................................. 13 21 Blum v. Stenson, 22 465 U.S. 886 (1984) ........................................................................................... 14 23 Brown v. CVS Pharm., Inc., 24 No. CV15-7631 PSG, 2017 WL 3494297 (C.D. Cal. Apr. 24, 2017) ............... 25 25 Buccellato v. AT & T Operations, Inc., No. C10-00463-LHK, 2011 WL 3348055 (N.D. Cal. June 30, 2011) ......... 18, 19 26 27 - iii - 28 PLAINTIFFS’ NOTICE OF MOTION AND MOTION FOR ATTORNEYS’ FEES AND EXPENSES AND FOR SERVICE AWARDS CASE NO. 2:18-cv-04258-SVW Case 2:18-cv-04258-SVW-GJS Document 180 Filed 04/09/21 Page 8 of 39 Page ID #:6045 1 Campbell v. Facebook, Inc., 951 F.3d 1106 (9th Cir. 2020) ............................................................................ 13 2 3 In re Cardinal Health Inc. Sec. Litig., 528 F. Supp. 2d 752 (S.D. Ohio 2007) ............................................................... 18 4 Chalmers v. City of Los Angeles, 5 796 F.2d 1205 (9th Cir. 1986) ............................................................................ 14 6 Craft v. Cty. of San Bernardino, 7 624 F. Supp. 2d 1113 (C.D. Cal. 2008) .................................................. 13, 14, 20 8 Doe v.