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*1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK IN RE: No. 14-MD-2543 (JMF) No. 14-MC-2543 (JMF) GENERAL MOTORS LLC IGNITION SWITCH LITIGATION Hon. Jesse M. Furman This Document Relates To All Actions
[PROPOSED] COMMON BENEFIT ORDER FUND DISBURSEMENT ORDER WHEREAS, Orders No. 13 (Dkt. No. 304) and No. 42 (Dkt. No. 743) establish procedures for the collection, expenditure, and disbursement of funds for the common benefit of Plaintiffs in this multi-district litigation;
WHEREAS, in accordance with this Court’s Orders dated May 28, 2021 (Dkt. No. 8543) and July 16, 2021 (Dkt. No. 8565), Particpating Counsel were paid and/or reimbursed for certin fees and costs, including certain of the lodestar incurred in connection with the Economic Loss Class Action, expenses incurred with the litigation and not previously reimbursed, and Held Costs and certain other costs likewise not previously reimbursed;
The motion is granted as unopposed. The Clerk of Court is directed to terminate ECF Nos. 8676 and 8677. WHEREAS, Participating Counsel have far more than $10,829,934.07 in attorneys’ fees for common benefit work that reamin unreimbursed, and that are appropriately reimbursable from the Common Benefit Order Fund;
WHEREAS, Plaintiffs seek reimbursement of the above-referenced amount; WHEREAS, there are sufficient funds for the reimbursement in the Common Benefit
Order Fund; NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that the $10,829,934.07 shall be disbursed from the Common Benefit Order Fund to Participating Counsel, as set forth in Exhibit A. SO ORDERED *2 December 15, Dated: _______, 2021 New York, New York
JESSE M. FURMAN
United States District Judge
-2- *3 EXHIBIT A *4 Co-Lead Counsel Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP 2,287,929.81 5,434,576.33 Hilliard Martinez Gonzales LLP Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP 1,454,143.75 9,176,649.90 Co-Lead Counsel Total Executive Committee Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP 603,632.40 Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy, LLP 3,407.90 Grant & Eisenhofer P.A. 15,544.61 Motley Rice, LLC 10,090.04 NastLaw, LLC 1,456.28 Otterbourg P.C. 6,802.19 Podhurst Orseck, P.A. 64,333.37 Robinson Calcagnie Robinson Shapiro Davis, Inc. 47,770.40 Susman Godfrey L.L.P. 79,215.31
Executive Committee Total 832,252.48 Liaison Counsel Barrios, Kingsdorf & Casteix, LLP 111,475.84
Weitz & Luxenberg, P.C. 311,213.47 Liaison Counsel Total 422,689.30 Bankruptcy Counsel Brown Rudnick 19,522.07
Goodwin Procter, LLP 353,189.77 Stutzman Bromberg Esserman & Pifka 25,000.00
Bankruptcy Counsel Total 397,711.84 Non-Designated Counsel Stueve Siegel Hanson LLP 61.43 569.13 Weller, Green, Toups & Terrell, L.L.P. Non-Designated Counsel Total 630.55 Grand Total 10,829,934.07