Notice of Pendency of Class Action Settlement
August 29, 2022
A settlement agreement (the “November 2021 Settlement”) was reached between Apple and Plaintiffs Amanda Frlekin, Aaron Gregoroff, Seth Dowling, Debra Speicher, and Taylor Kalin (“Plaintiffs”) in a class action pending in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California (the “Court”). Plaintiffs Aaron Gregoroff, Seth Dowling, Debra Speicher, and Taylor Kalin (“Class Representatives”) are pursuing the Action on behalf of themselves and individuals who worked as a non-exempt employee at an Apple retail store in California at any time between July 25, 2009 and December 26, 2015 (“Settlement Class Members”). The “Class Period” is July 25, 2009 to December 31, 2015. Plaintiffs Amanda Frlekin and Taylor Kalin are also pursuing the Action on behalf of themselves, the State of California, and all individuals who worked as a non-exempt employee at an Apple retail store in California at any time from July 25, 2012 to December 26, 2015 (the “PAGA Settlement Class Members”) seeking civil penalties pursuant to the Private Attorneys’ General Act of 2004, California Labor Code section 2698 et seq. (“PAGA”). Final approval of the November 2021 Settlement has been granted by the Court. No Settlement Class Member objected to the November 2021 Settlement.
A separate settlement agreement (the "Settlement Agreement for 105 Additional Employees") was reached on behalf of 105 persons who worked as a non-exempt employee at an Apple retail store in California at any time between July 25, 2009 and December 26, 2015 and to whom notice was not mailed in 2021 in connection with the November 2021 Settlement (the "Settlement Class of 105 Additional Employees"). This happened due to an error in Apple's production of its employee list.
The Court has preliminarily approved the separate Settlement Agreement for 105 Additional Employees. The Court appointed McLaughlin & Stern LLP and Kralowec Law, P.C. to serve as Class Counsel for the Settlement Class of 105 Additional Employees, and Lee Shalov of McLaughlin & Stern LLP to serve as Lead Counsel for the Settlement Class of 105 Additional Employees. In making this appointment and preliminarily approving the separate Settlement, the Court gave these Class Counsel firms the authority to represent and bind the Plaintiffs and Settlement Class of 105 Additional Employees regarding the separate Settlement, subject to the Court’s final approval of the Settlement.
More information is available at the settlement website established for the separate Settlement: http://www.applebagcheckseparatesettlement.com. Please visit the website and read the additional information provided there.
Questions about the separate settlement may be addressed to the settlement administrator:
MAIL: Angeion Group, Inc., 1650 Arch Street, Suite 101, Philadelphia, PA 19103
PHONE: 1-844-844-3203
EMAIL: Info@AppleBagCheckSeparateSettlement.com
The complete Notice of Settlement may be downloaded at the "Important Documents" page of the settlement website, https://www.applebagcheckseparatesettlement.com/important-documents, or by clicking this link.
Pay attention to the following Important Dates (please contact the settlement administrator with any questions):
December 12, 2022 — Response Deadline For Members of the Settlement Class of 105 Additional Employees To File Objections To The Separate Settlement
December 12, 2022 — Response Deadline For Members of the Settlement Class of 105 Additional Employees to Request Exclusion from the Individual Class Payment Component Of The Separate Settlement
January 26, 2023, at 8:00 a.m. — Final Approval Hearing at the U.S. District Court, Northern District of California, Courtroom 12 on the 19th Floor of the United States Courthouse located at 450 Golden Gate Avenue, San Francisco, California 94102