The Law Firm of Blumenthal & Nordrehaug Announces a Proposed Class Action Settlement Regarding Lamps Plus, Inc. ("LPI").LA JOLLA La Jolla (lə hoi`yə), on the Pacific Ocean, S Calif., an uninc. district within the confines of San Diego; founded 1869. The beautiful ocean beaches, in particular La Jolla shores and Black's Beach, and sea-washed caves attract visitors and , Calif. -- The Law firm of Blumenthal & Nordrehaug announces a Proposed Class Action Settlement regarding Lamps Plus LAMPS PLUS, Inc. is a privately held corporation that designs, manufactures, and sells portable lighting, fixture lighting, home décor items and a variety of other related products. , Inc. ("LPI (Lines Per Inch) The number of lines printed in a vertical inch. (language) LPI - A PL/I interpreter for IBM PCs and workstations. ftp://ftp.wustl.edu/mirrors/msdos/pli/runpli1a.arc. E-mail: <rcg@lpi.liant.com>. "). THIS NOTICE ADVISES YOU OF A PROPOSED CLASS ACTION SETTLEMENT WITH LAMPS PLUS, INC. THIS NOTICE MAY AFFECT YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS. PLEASE READ IT CAREFULLY. SUMMARY NOTICE The Parties have agreed on a proposed class action settlement of certain claims against Lamps Plus, Inc. ("LPI"). The settlement will resolve a suit filed in San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. County Superior Court, in which plaintiff claims that the Plaintiff and a class of similarly situated similarly situated adj. with the same problems and circumstances, referring to the people represented by a plaintiff in a "class action," brought for the benefit of the party filing the suit as well as all those "similarly situated. consumers were requested and/or required by LPI to provide personal identification information in connection with a credit card transaction in violation of California Civil Code Section 1747.08(a) between November 9, 2002 and July 17, 2007 (the "Class Period"). If you were requested and/or required to provide personal identification information in connection with a credit card transaction with LPI during the Class Period, you may be a member of the class and entitled en·ti·tle tr.v. en·ti·tled, en·ti·tling, en·ti·tles 1. To give a name or title to. 2. To furnish with a right or claim to something: to a $15.00 voucher if you timely submit a claim form. Personal identification information is information concerning the cardholder card·hold·er n. One who holds a card, especially a credit card. card hold other than information set forth on the card, such as address and
telephone number. Each $15.00 voucher is not transferable, not stackable
and can be used to purchase an LPI product. The voucher will expire one
(1) year from the date of issuance.
The full text of the Notice of Proposed Class Settlement (the "Notice"), which explains in detail the settlement terms, appears at www.sshbclaw.com, www.gilardi.com/lampsplus, and www.bamlawca.com or call the toll free number at 1-877-464-7906 which provides the Notice in both English and Spanish. A copy of the Notice can also be obtained by writing the Claims Administrator at Finch finch, common name for members of the Fringillidae, the largest family of birds (including over half the known species), found in most parts of the world except Australia. v. Lamps Plus, c/o Gilardi & Co. P.O. Box 8060, San Rafael San Rafael (săn rəfĕl`), residential city (1990 pop. 48,404), seat of Marin co., W Calif., a suburb of San Francisco on the northern shore of San Francisco Bay; inc. 1913. , CA 94912-8060. The Settlement enjoins LPI from further requests of any Personal Identification Information during a credit card transaction, other than a zip code zip code System of postal-zone codes (zip stands for “zone improvement plan”) introduced in the U.S. in 1963 to improve mail delivery and exploit electronic reading and sorting capabilities. , and from the use of pre-printed forms containing spaces for the entry of any Personal Identification Information during a credit card transaction, however, this injunction shall not apply to LPI's requests for Personal Identification Information in connection with a return of merchandise as such requests are reasonable and proper under Civil Code section 1747.08(c)(4) of the Song-Beverly Credit Card Act of 1971, as reasonably required for a special purpose incidental Contingent upon or pertaining to something that is more important; that which is necessary, appertaining to, or depending upon another known as the principal. Under Workers' Compensation statutes, a risk is deemed incidental to employment when it is related to whatever a to the return of merchandise, that purpose being loss prevention, fraud, and theft. In connection with any such information obtained by LPI in connection with a return of merchandise, LPI may only use such information for loss prevention, fraud, and theft purposes, and LPI is further enjoined from maintaining any such information in a manner that is not secure, from allowing access to or use of such information except for the purposes stated herein, from selling, using, or distributing the information except for the purposes stated herein, and from maintaining the information for a period of time in excess of 12 months after the last day of the month the information was initially obtained at the time of the return transaction. Pending final determination of whether the Court should approve the Agreement and the settlement set forth therein, all proceedings in the Action are stayed until further order of the Court, except as may be necessary to effectuate ef·fec·tu·ate tr.v. ef·fec·tu·at·ed, ef·fec·tu·at·ing, ef·fec·tu·ates To bring about; effect. [Medieval Latin effectu the settlement or comply with the terms of the Agreement. Pending final determination of whether the Court should approve the settlement and the Agreement, no person in the Settlement Class or any person purporting to act on behalf of such persons may, directly, on a representative basis or in any other capacity, commence or prosecute against any of the Released Parties any action, arbitration or proceeding in any court, arbitration forum, or tribunal asserting any of the Released Claims. If you want to make a claim, you can download the claim form at www.sshbclaw.com, or at www.gilardi.com/lampsplus or at www.bamlawca.com or can write the Claims Administrator to request a claim form at Finch v. Lamps Plus, c/o Gilardi & Co. P.O. Box 8060, San Rafael, CA 94912-8060. YOU MUST RETURN A SIGNED AND COMPLETED CLAIM FORM BY OCTOBER 17, 2007 TO BE ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE ANY PAYMENT UNDER THE SETTLEMENT. IF YOU FAIL TO TIMELY SUBMIT A VALID CLAIM FORM, YOU WILL STILL BE BOUND BY THE JUDGMENT, BUT WILL NOT BE PAID. IF YOU DO NOT WISH TO BE PART OF THIS CASE, you may exclude yourself. To do so, you must mail a request to "OPT OUT," postmarked no later than October 1, 2007. The request must state: "I want to opt out of the LPI Class Action." Mail it to: Finch v. Lamps Plus, c/o Gilardi & Co. P.O. Box 8060, San Rafael, CA 94912-8060. A hearing will be conducted on whether to finally approve the Settlement and determine the amount of Plaintiff's award, attorney's fees attorney's fee n. the payment for legal services. It can take several forms: 1) hourly charge, 2) flat fee for the performance of a particular service (like $250 to write a will), 3) contingent fee (such as one-third of the gross recovery, and nothing if there is no and costs on October 26, 2007 at 2:00 p.m. in Department 61 of the San Diego County Superior Court, 330 West Broadway, San Diego, California “San Diego” redirects here. For other uses, see San Diego (disambiguation). San Diego is a coastal Southern California city located in the southwestern corner of the continental United States. As of 2006, the city has a population of 1,256,951. 92101. You can object to the Settlement and/or Plaintiff's award, attorneys' fees and cost request in advance of that hearing by following the procedure set forth in the Notice. DO NOT TELEPHONE THE COURT OR THE CLERK OF THE COURT. SE HABLA ESPANOL POR 1-877-464-7906. Finch v. Lamps Plus, Inc., San Diego County Superior Court, No. GIC 875385 |
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