Hughes v. Huron Consulting Group, Inc. et al

MOTION

N.D. Ill.December 21, 2012

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION JASON HUGHES, Individually and on Behalf of all Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiffs, v. HURON CONSULTING GROUP, INC., et al., Defendants. Master File No. 09-CV-4734 Honorable Elaine E. Bucklo LEAD PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF DISTRIBUTION PLAN Lead Plaintiffs the Public School Teachers’ Pension & Retirement Fund of Chicago, the Arkansas Public Employees Retirement System, the City of Boston Retirement Board, the Cambridge Retirement System, and the Bristol County Retirement System, through Lead Counsel, submit this motion pursuant to paragraph 13 of the Stipulation of Settlement with Defendants dated January 18, 2011 for an Order approving the Claims Administrator’s administrative determinations concerning the acceptance and rejection of claims, approving fees and expenses not previously applied for, and directing payment of the Net Settlement Fund to Authorized Claimants. This Motion is based upon Lead Plaintiffs’ Memorandum of Law in Support of Lead Plaintiffs’ Motion for Approval of Distribution Plan, the declaration and exhibits filed in support thereof, all other pleadings and matters of record, and such additional evidence or argument as may be presented at the hearing. Lead Counsel have conferred with counsel for Defendants who state that Defendants do not oppose this Motion. Case: 1:09-cv-04734 Document #: 146 Filed: 12/21/12 Page 1 of 3 PageID #:3039 2 Dated: December 21, 2012 Respectfully submitted, COHEN MILSTEIN SELLERS & TOLL PLLC By: /s/ Carol V. Gilden Carol V. Gilden 190 South LaSalle Street, Suite 1705 Chicago, Illinois 60603 Tel.: (312) 357-0370 Fax: (312) 357-0369 cgilden@cohenmilstein.com Attorney ID: 06185530 -and- Steven J. Toll Daniel S. Sommers Joshua M. Kolsky 1100 New York Avenue N.W. West Tower, Suite 500 Washington, DC 20005-3964 Tel.: (202) 408-4600 LABATON SUCHAROW LLP By: /s/ Jonathan M. Plasse Jonathan M. Plasse Javier Bleichmar Nicole Zeiss 140 Broadway New York, NY 10005 Tel.: (212) 907-0700 Fax: (212) 818-0477 BERNSTEIN LITOWITZ BERGER & GROSSMANN LLP By: /s/ Avi Josefson Steven B. Singer Jeroen van Kwawegen 1285 Avenue of the Americas, 38th Floor New York, NY 10019 Tel.: (212) 554-1400 Fax: (212) 554-1444 -and- Avi Josefson 2835 N. Sheffield Avenue, Suite 409 Chicago, Illinois 60657 Tel.: (773) 883-5382 Co-Lead Counsel for the Court-appointed Lead Plaintiffs and the Class Case: 1:09-cv-04734 Document #: 146 Filed: 12/21/12 Page 2 of 3 PageID #:3040 3 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I, Carol V. Gilden, hereby certify that on this 21st day of December, 2012, in accordance with Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 5(a) and Northern District of Illinois L.R. 5.5 and 5.9, I caused a copy of the foregoing to be electronically filed with the Clerk of Court and served on all counsel of record through the Northern District of Illinois’ CM/ECF system /s/ Carol V. Gilden Carol V. Gilden COHEN MILSTEIN SELLERS & TOLL PLLC 190 South LaSalle Street, Suite 1705 Chicago, IL 60603 Tel.: (312) 357- 0370 Fax: (312) 357- 0369 Case: 1:09-cv-04734 Document #: 146 Filed: 12/21/12 Page 3 of 3 PageID #:3041