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*1 HERNDON, District Judge:
Pending before the Court is plaintiffs’ unopposed request for approval of the Class Certification Plan prepared by Hilsoft Notifications and submitted with their April 13, 2018 letter. Upon consideration of the Notice Plan and its attachments, the Court FINDS that the Notice Plan constitutes the best notice practicable and therefore GRANTS plaintiffs’ request and APRROVES the Notice Plan. With respect to the one disagreement among the parties as to the language, the Court FINDS proper the following language:
“The lawsuit claims that State Farm, Ed Murname and William Shepherd (the defendants) violated the RICO statute in an attempt to overturn, in the Illinois Supreme Court, a $1.05 billion judgment in favor of approximately 4.7 million State
Page 1 of 2 *2 Farm policyholders, which would allow State Farm to avoid paying the amount of the judgment rendered in plaintiffs' favor in the trial court.”
The Court in ruling on the dispute between the parties regarding the language of this sentence notes that both parties' rendition is accurate, but neither side presents a complete explanation of the nature of the lawsuit needed to give the class members the concise reason for the litigation. Finally, the Court DIRECTS that the Notice Plan be implemented according to its terms and on the following schedule:
Description Date Timing Notice Plan Begins (Case May 16, 2108 Approximately 30 days after Website and Toll-Free Live – the date of this Order Press Release Issued) Mailed Notice Begins May 16, 2018 Approximately 30 days after
the date of this Order Online Portion of Media Plan May 16, 2018 Approximately 30 days after Begins the date of this Order Print Ads appear in People May 31, 2018 Approximately 45 days after and Sports Illustrated the date of this Order End of Notice Period (Online June 15, 2018 Approximately 60 days after Media Ends) the date of the Order Approximately 120 days after Exclusion Deadline August 14, 2018
the date of this Order Notice Plan Implementation August 24, 2018 Approximately 130 days after the date of this Order Declaration and Exclusion Report Filed with the Court
Judge Herndon
IT IS SO ORDERED.
2018.04.16 09:30:09 -05'00'
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