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DECISION AND ORDER SPATT, District Judge. This motion for a supplemental award of attorneys’ fees arises from approval of a settlement ending more than six years of class action litigation against the Defendant Washington Mutual, Inc. (“WMI”) for alleged violations of federal and state law in charging prepayment fees relating to residential mortgage and home equity loans. Familiarity with the numerous pri- o

FEUERSTEIN, District Judge I. INTRODUCTION Plaintiffs Linda J. Kindle and Michael Brewley brought this class action on behalf of themselves and other similarly situated participants in the Atrium Management Services, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan (the "ESOP") who received an allegedly deficient cash distribution following the ESOP's termination on July 1, 2011.1

MEMORANDUM & ORDER WILLIAM H. PAULEY III, District Judge: In 1938, Congress enacted the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) to guarantee workers “[a] fair day’s pay for a fair day’s work” and to guard against “the evil of ‘overwork’ as well as ‘underpay.’ ” Overnight Motor Transp. Co. v. Missel, 316 U.S. 572, 578, 62 S.Ct. 1216, 86 L.Ed. 1682 (1942) (quoting 81 Cong. Rec. 4983 (1937) (

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ) DAVID L. de CSEPEL, et al., ) ) ) Plaintiffs, ) vs. )

JUSTICE WOODWARD delivered the opinion of the court: Following a bench trial, the defendant, Michael F. Hagan, was found guilty of the offenses of forgery and attempted theft by deception. The trial court sentenced the defendant to a four-year term of imprisonment on each offense, the sentences to run concurrently. Defendant appeals, raising the following issues: whether the