Plaintiff's motion for preliminary approval of a class action settlement is granted. A class is conditionally certified for purposes of settlement. Cal. Rules of Court, rule 3.769(d). The Sullivan Law Group, APC is designated as class counsel. CAC Services, LLC is designated as the claims administrator. The proposed class notice and claims period are authorized.

A hearing on final approval is set for August 7, 2020 at 1:30 p.m. Plaintiff's motion for final approval, responding to any objections and addressing issues of fees, costs and plaintiff's incentive payment, shall be filed no later than 16 court days prior to the hearing. Defendants have the option to file and serve their own brief by the same date.

Preliminary Approval

This is a putative wage and hour class action on behalf of current and former non-exempt employees of the retail stores operated by Ann Taylor Retail, Inc., Ann Inc. and Ascena Retail Group, Inc.'s subsidiaries at any time between March 11, 2015 through the da