On December 19, 2011, the Court granted final approval of the Consent Decree and Fee Petition. The full text of the decision can be found here.

On October 18, 2011, the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York granted preliminary approval of the settlement of this gender discrimination class action that is embodied in the Consent Decree filed on August 25, 2011.

The Court also approved the Notice of Settlement to be mailed to each of the 317 members of the class. A Fairness Hearing is currently scheduled for December 12, 2011, at 3 p.m., at which the Court will determine whether the Settlement should be finally approved.

After reviewing these documents, please email us with any questions.

On October 31, 2011, Plaintiffs' attorneys filed a Motion for Approval of Attorney's Fees in the Southern District of New York with the accompanying documents:

• Robert L. Herbst Declaration in Support of Motion [ex 1] [ex 2] [ex 3] [ex 4] [ex 5]
• Christine E. Webber Declaration in Support of Motion [ex 1]
• Rosalind S. Fink Declaration in Support of Motion [ex 1] [ex 2]
• Wayne N. Outten Declaration in Support of Motion
• Memorandum of Law in Support of Motion

We also submitted our detailed time records to the Court in camera. Those records are available for inspection only to class members at our office or in the offices of the Clerk of the Court, United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. Please contact us to make an appointment to review those records if you wish to do so.