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1 GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER LLP
THEANE EVANGELIS, SBN 243570
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DHANANJAY S. MANTHRIPRAGADA, SBN 254433
ELECTRONICALLY
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333 South Grand Avenue F I L E D
4 Los Angeles, CA 90071-3197 Superior Court of California,
County of San Francisco
Telephone: 213.229.7000
5 Facsimile: 213.229.7520 12/15/2020
Clerk of the Court
BY: JUDITH NUNEZ
6 GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER LLP Deputy Clerk
MICHELE L. MARYOTT, SBN 191993
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SHAUN A. MATHER, SBN 311029
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3161 Michelson Drive
9 Irvine, CA 92612-4412
Telephone: 949.451.3800
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11 Attorneys for Defendant POSTMATES INC.
12 SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
13 FOR THE COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO
14 JACOB RIMLER and GIOVANNI JONES, on CASE NO. CGC-18-567868
behalf of themselves and others similarly
15 situated and in their capacities as Private DEFENDANT POSTMATES INC.’S
Attorneys General Representatives, STATEMENT IN SUPPORT OF
16 PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION FOR
Plaintiffs, PRELIMINARY APPROVAL OF REVISED
17 CLASS ACTION SETTLEMENT
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POSTMATES INC.,
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Defendant. Complaint Filed: July 5, 2018
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DEFENDANT POSTMATES INC.’S STATEMENT ISO PLAINTIFFS' MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY APPROVAL
OF REVISED CLASS ACTION SETTLEMENT– CASE NO. CGC-18-567868
1 Defendant Postmates Inc. files this Statement in support of Plaintiffs’ request for preliminary
2 approval of the proposed second amended class action settlement agreement.1 Postmates believes that
3 the Court should grant preliminary approval of the proposed settlement because it is fair, reasonable,
4 and adequate. In fact, the proposed settlement represents one of the largest in the gig economy.
5 On June 17, 2020, the Court issued an Order denying Plaintiffs’ motion for preliminary
6 approval of class settlement and “encourag[ing] the parties to continue settlement negotiations … to
7 present another agreement for preliminary approval.” June 17, 2020 Order at 12. In response to the
8 Court’s Order, the parties continued negotiating. The second amended proposed settlement agreement
9 represents a significant increase in the settlement consideration for the class, FLSA, and PAGA claims,
10 totaling $32 million. In addition, Postmates agrees to provisional certification of the proposed
11 settlement class and the FLSA collective action, and the filing of the Second Amended Complaint, for
12 settlement purposes only. Further, in direct response to the Court’s concern, the settlement agreement
13 has decoupled named Plaintiffs’ service award from the general release of their claims, and late claims
14 will no longer be accepted after the Court grants final approval. In short, the revised settlement
15 agreement remedies the Court’s prior concerns, in addition to almost tripling the total settlement
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17 While Postmates denies all of Plaintiffs’ claims; denies any and all allegations of wrongdoing,
18 fault, liability, or damage of any kind to Plaintiffs and the proposed settlement class; and denies that it
19 has engaged in any actionable conduct, it has agreed to resolve the cases to avoid the expense,
20 uncertainties, delays, and other risks inherent in continued litigation. In particular, Postmates reserves
21 all of its objections to class and collective certification for litigation purposes, and does not consent to
22 certification of the proposed settlement class or collective for any purpose other than to effectuate the
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24 To aid resolution of the action and settlement efforts, Postmates respectfully requests that the
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Postmates Inc. is now Postmates, LLC f/k/a Postmates Inc., and its parent corporation is Uber
Technologies, Inc.
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DEFENDANT POSTMATES INC.’S STATEMENT ISO PLAINTIFFS' MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY APPROVAL
OF REVISED CLASS ACTION SETTLEMENT– CASE NO. CGC-18-567868
1 DATED: December 15, 2020
2 GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER LLP
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Theane Evangelis
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DEFENDANT POSTMATES INC.’S STATEMENT ISO PLAINTIFFS' MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY APPROVAL
OF REVISED CLASS ACTION SETTLEMENT– CASE NO. CGC-18-567868
1 PROOF OF SERVICE
2 I, Cathy Jesolva, declare as follows:
3 I am employed in the County of Los Angeles, State of California, I am over the age of
eighteen years and am not a party to this action; my business address is 333 South Grand Avenue,
4 Los Angeles, CA 90071-3197, in said County and State. On December 15, 2020, I served the
following document(s):
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DEFENDANT POSTMATES INC.’S STATEMENT IN SUPPORT OF
6 PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY APPROVAL OF REVISED
CLASS ACTION SETTLEMENT
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on the parties stated below, by the following means of service:
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SEE ATTACHED SERVICE LIST
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(BY ELECTRONIC SERVICE) By electronically serving a true and correct copy through File and Serve
10 Express or other means to the email address(es) set forth above. I did not receive, within a reasonable time after
the transmission, any electronic message or other indication that the transmission was unsuccessful.
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(STATE) I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California that the foregoing is
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Executed on December 15, 2020.
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Cathy Jesolva
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DEFENDANT POSTMATES INC.’S STATEMENT ISO PLAINTIFFS' MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY APPROVAL
OF REVISED CLASS ACTION SETTLEMENT– CASE NO. CGC-18-567868
1 SERVICE LIST
2 For Plaintiffs Jacob Rimler
and Giovanni Jones
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4 Shannon Liss-Riordan
Email: sliss@llrlaw.com
5 Anne Kramer
Email: akramer@llrlaw.com
6 Lichten & Liss-Riordan, P.C.
729 Boylston Street, Suite 2000
7 Boston, MA 02116
Telephone: (617) 994-5800
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9 For Winns Plaintiffs
10 Amir Mostafavi
Mostafavi Law Group, APC
11 11835 W Olympic Blvd, #1055
Los Angeles, CA 90064
12 Telephone: 310-473-1111
Facsimile: 310-473-2222
13 E-mail: amir@mostafavilaw.com
14 For Lemaster Intervenors in Rimler
15 Keith Custis
Custis Law, P.C.
16 1875 Century Park East Ste 700
Los Angeles, CA 90067
17 Telephone: 213-863-4276
18 For Altounian Intervenors in Rimler
19 Caleb Marker
E-mail: caleb.marker@zimmreed.com
20 Christopher Ridout
E-mail: Christopher.ridout@zimmreed.com
21 Flinn Milligan
E-mail: flinn.miligan@zimmreed.com
22 Zimmerman Reed LLP
2381 Rosecrans Avenue, Ste 328
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Telephone: 877-500-8780
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DEFENDANT POSTMATES INC.’S STATEMENT ISO PLAINTIFFS' MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY APPROVAL
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1 SERVICE LIST (CONTINUED)
2 For Santana Intervenors in Rimler / Santana Plaintiffs
3 Rex Parris
Parris Law Firm
4 43364 10th Street West
Lancaster, CA 93534
5 Telephone: 661-949-2595
Facsimile: 661-949-7524
6 E-mail: rrparris@rrexparris.com
7 For the Vincent Plaintiffs
8 Matthew Bainer
The Bainer Law Firm
9 1901 Harrison St., Ste. 1100
Oakland, CA 94612
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Facsimile: 510-844-7701
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