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After considering these various matters, the Steering
Committee has unanimously recommended to their fellow
plaintiffs that attorney's fees, sanctions, costs and
disbursements and similar awards which are not
individualized to any particular plaintiff should be awarded
equally on a pro rata basis to every plaintiff. For
example, if the plaintiffs collectively receive a $3,200,000
award for attorney's fees for prevailing in the action, then
each individual plaintiff would be entitled to $100,000 of
that award.
During pendency of the Glass and Stephens class actions,
Winthrop and Weinstine mailed routine billings to class members.
These billings detailed the nature of out-of-pocket legal
expenses incurred.
The amount of out-of-pocket expenses that, during the
litigation, were billed, charged to, and paid by individual class
plaintiffs varied depending on, among other things, financial
circumstances of the individual plaintiffs.
During pendency of the class actions, petitioner paid $4,050
to Winthrop and Weinstine in reimbursement of out-of-pocket
expenses incurred by Winthrop and Weinstine.
On or about April 16, 1990, a motion by the U.S. Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to intervene in the
Glass and Stephens class actions was granted. Therein, EEOC
sought a permanent injunction against IDS to prohibit IDS from
engaging in any further discrimination against its employees on
the basis of age. The EEOC also sought an order requiring IDS to
institute and carry out policies, practices, and programs to
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