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`EMILY JOHNSON HENN (SBN 269482)
`MEGAN L. RODGERS (SBN 310344)
`KATHRYN E. CAHOY (SBN 298777)
`COVINGTON & BURLING LLP
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`3000 El Camino Real
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`5 Palo Alto Square, 10th Floor
`Palo Alto, CA 94306
`Telephone: 650—632—4700
`Facsimile: 650-632-4800
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`Email: ehenn@cov.com
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`ASHLEY M. SIMONSEN (SBN 275203)
`COVINGTON & BURLING LLP
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`1999 Avenue of the Stars
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`Los Angeles, CA 90067
`Telephone: 424-332-4782
`Facsimile: 424-332-4749
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`Email: asimonsen@cov.com
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`Attorneys for Defendant
`Facebook, Inc.
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`[Additional counsel on signature page]
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`SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA
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`COUNTY OF SAN MATEO
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`SELENA SCOLA, ERIN ELDER, and
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`Civil Action No. 18CIV05135
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`GABRIEL RAMOS, individually and on behalf
`of all others similarly situated,
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`Plaintifi’s,
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`FACEBOOK, INC.,
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`Defendant.
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`JOINT NOTICE OF PROPOSED FOUR-
`STATE SETTLEMENT ENCOMPASSIN G
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`CLASS MEMBERS IN ARIZONA,
`CALIFORNIA, FLORIDA, AND TEXAS
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`Assigned for All Purposes to
`Hon. V. Raymond Swope, Dept. 23
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`Trial Date: None Set
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`Complaint Filed: September 21, 2018
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`WHEREAS on February 12, 2020, Plaintiffs Selena Scola, Erin Elder, and Gabriel Ramos
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`(collectively, “Plaintifis”) and Defendant Facebook, Inc. (“Facebook”) (together, the “‘Parties”) notified
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`the Court that they had reached a settlement in principle on February 7, 2020;
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`WHEREAS the Parties requested, and the Court subsequently granted, a further stay of this
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`action through April 30, 2020, to allow the Parties time to finalize a comprehensive formal settlement
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`agreement and motion for preliminary approval of the settlement;
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`WHEREAS the proposed settlement reached by the Parties on February 7, 2020, encompassed
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`(and encompasses) a four-state class consisting of all individuals who performed content moderation
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`work for Facebook in Arizona, California, Florida, and Texas as an employee or subcontractor of one or
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`more of Facebook’s vendors from September 15, 2015, to the date of preliminary approval of the
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`proposed class settlement;
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`WHEREAS on February 11, 2020, two Florida residents represented by Jay P. Lechner of
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`Lechner Law in Tampa, Florida, served Facebook with a putative class action complaint in the Circuit
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`Court of the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit in and for Hillsborough County, Florida, captioned Garrett v.
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`Facebook, Inc. (Case No. 20-CA-001146);
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`WHEREAS on March 6, 2020, an amended complaint was filed in Garrett adding sixteen Florida
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`residents and one Arizona resident as named plaintiffs;
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`WHEREAS the Garrett plaintiffs seek to represent a class of “all Florida and Arizona citizens
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`who performed content moderation work for Facebook within the last three years as an employee of
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`Cognizant” (one of Facebook’s vendors);
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`WHEREAS the original and amended Garrett complaints are nearly identical to the operative
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`Amended Complaint filed in this action on March 1, 2019 by Plaintiffs;
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`WHEREAS the Garrett putative class is fully encompassed within the proposed settlement class
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`in Scola;
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`WHEREAS the Plaintiffs have reason to believe that the Garrett plaintifis’ counsel, Mr. Lechner,
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`is engaged in communications with members of the proposed Scola settlement class, and Plaintiffs wish
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`to avoid the dissemination of any potentially inaccurate information regarding the Scola settlement,
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`which is the result of robust arm’s-length negotiations through the assistance of a mediator and is a very
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`favorable resolution for members of the proposed settlement class;
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`The Parties HEREBY GIVE NOTICE that the settlement in principle they reached on February
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`7, 2020 encompassed (and encompasses) all individuals who performed content moderation work for
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`Facebook in Arizona, California, Florida, and Texas as an employee or subcontractor of one or more of
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`Facebook’s vendors from September 15, 2015, to the date of preliminary approval of the proposed class
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`settlement. Plaintiffs will be filing a motion for preliminary approval of the proposed settlement in the
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`coming weeks that sets forth the parameters of the settlement.
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`Dated: March 16, 2020
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`Respectfully Submitted,
`JOSEPH SAVERI LAW FIRM, INC,/ .
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` evin E. Rayhill
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`Joseph R. Saveri (State Bar No. 130064)
`Steven N. Williams (State Bar No. 175489)
`Gwendolyn R. Giblin (State Bar No. 181973)
`Kevin E. Rayhill (State Bar No. 267496)
`Kyle P. Quackenbush (State Bar No. 322401)
`JOSEPH SAVERI LAW FIRM, INC.
`601 California Street, Suite 1000
`San Francisco, California 94108
`Telephone: (415) 500-6800
`Facsimile:
`(415) 395-9940
`Email: jsaveri@saverilawfirm.com
`swilliams@saverilawfirm.com
`krayhill@saverilawfirm.com
`kquackenbush@saverilawfirm.com
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`Korey A. Nelson (Admitted pro hac vice)
`Lydia A. Wright (Admitted pro hac vice)
`Amanda Klevom (Admitted pro hac vice)
`H. Rick Yelton (Admitted pro hac vice)
`BURNS CHAREST LLP
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`365 Canal Street, Suite 1170
`New Orleans, LA 70130
`Telephone: (504) 799-2845
`Facsimile:
`(504) 881-1765
`Email: knelson@bumscharest.com
`lwright@bumscharest.com
`aklevom@bumscharest.com
`ryelton@bumscharest.com
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`Warren Burns (Admitted pro hac vice)
`Kyle Oxford (Admitted pro hac vice)
`BURNS CHAREST LLP
`900 Jackson St., Suite 500
`Dallas, Texas 75202
`Telephone: (469) 904-4550
`Facsimile:
`(469) 444-5002
`Email: wbums@burnscharest.com
`koxford@burnscharest.com
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`William Most (SBN 279100)
`LAW OFFICE OF WILLIAM MOST
`201 St. Charles Ave. Suite 114 #101
`New Orleans, LA 70170
`Telephone:
`(504) 509-5023
`Email: williammost@gmail.com
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`Attornevs for Plaintiffs and the Proposed Class
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`Dated: March 16, 2020
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`Respectfully Submitted,
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`Emily Johnson Henn (State Bar. No. 269482)
`Megan L. Rodgers (State Bar. No. 310344)
`Kathryn E. Cahoy (State Bar. No. 298777)
`COVINGTON & BURLING LLP
`3000 El Camino Real
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`5 Palo Alto Square, 10th Floor
`Palo Alto, CA 94306
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`Telephone: (650) 632-4700
`Facsimile:
`(650) 632-4800
`Email: ehenn@cov.com
`mrodgers@cov.com
`kcahoy@cov.com
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`Ashley M. Simonsen (SBN 275203)
`COVINGTON & BURLING LLP
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`1999 Avenue of the Stars
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`Los Angeles, CA 90067
`Telephone: (424) 332-4782
`Facsimile:
`(424) 332-4749
`Email: asimonsen@cov.com
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`Attorneysfor Defendant Facebook, Inc.
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