Unfair Competition and Deceptive Trade Practices: Motion for Preliminary Approval of Class Settlement
A preliminary approval motion for an Unfair Competition and Deceptive Trade Practices class settlement, addressing the Rule 23(e)(2) factors, the notice plan, and the certification of a settlement class.
Courts scrutinize these harder than they used to, particularly on allocation and claims-rate assumptions. Prepared for the certification record, where the evidentiary showing matters as much as the brief.
Frequently asked questions
The fee covers the finished document, filing-ready or send-ready as applicable, the supporting exhibits or attachments described in the scope, and a short cover memorandum explaining the choices made. It is fixed at this scope: motion, memorandum, declaration, proposed order, and settlement agreement not included. 2 rounds of revisions are included. If your matter falls outside that scope we tell you before starting and quote the difference — we do not bill past a flat fee without agreeing it first.
3 to 5 weeks from a complete set of instructions, plus time for the 2 rounds of revisions included in the fee. If you are working to a court deadline or a closing date, tell us when you order and we will confirm in writing whether we can meet it before you commit.
$11,375 is $325/hour × 35 hours — the time this deliverable takes in an ordinary unfair competition and deceptive trade practices matter, at the firm's standard rate. Because it is a flat fee, the risk of the work running long sits with the firm: you pay $11,375 whether it takes us the estimate or twice it.
Third-party costs are never inside a flat fee and are passed through at cost, never marked up: court and agency filing fees, court reporter and transcript charges, expert witness fees, search vendor and e-discovery hosting charges, process server fees, and travel.
A short description of the dispute and where it currently stands, the key documents, contracts, and correspondence, the parties involved and any deadlines already running, and the case caption and court, if a matter has been filed. Send what you have — if something is missing we will tell you what else we need before the turnaround clock starts.
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Unfair Competition and Deceptive Trade Practices: Motion to Decertify — Full Package
A decertification motion in an Unfair Competition and Deceptive Trade Practices case, built on the discovery record showing that the members are not in fact similarly situated or that common issues no longer predominate.
Unfair Competition and Deceptive Trade Practices: Motion for Final Approval and Fee Petition
The final approval package for an Unfair Competition and Deceptive Trade Practices class settlement, with the fairness analysis, the claims administration report, the objection responses, and the attorney's fee and service award petition.
Unfair Competition and Deceptive Trade Practices: Motion for Summary Judgment — Full Package
The complete summary judgment package in an Unfair Competition and Deceptive Trade Practices case: notice, memorandum, separate statement of undisputed facts, evidentiary declaration with exhibits, and proposed order.
Unfair Competition and Deceptive Trade Practices: Motion to Dismiss for Failure to State a Claim — Full Package
The complete Rule 12(b)(6) package for an Unfair Competition and Deceptive Trade Practices case: notice of motion, supporting memorandum, declaration with up to five exhibits, and proposed order, filed as one coordinated set.
Unfair Competition and Deceptive Trade Practices: Complaint
A complaint for Unfair Competition and Deceptive Trade Practices drafted to survive a motion to dismiss, not merely to be filed.
Unfair Competition and Deceptive Trade Practices: Objection to a Class Settlement
A substantive objection to a proposed Unfair Competition and Deceptive Trade Practices class settlement, on allocation, release scope, claims process, or fee structure.