UCLRG
Status Report 6/23/13
Email
Issues:
We are
having email problems.
Comcast
blocked us for being spammers so about 50 retirees didnÕt receive the last
status report. We believe we have resolved that issue.
We are
also having problems with Earthlink addresses. Emails
are not being returned to us as in error but they are not reaching their
recipients. This issue hasnÕt been resolved. If you have an Earthlink
address and receive this email, please respond to it.
Several
retirees have had their email accounts broken into and used to send spam. When
we receive obvious spam, we notify the sender.
If you
now anyone who believe they should be receiving our emails that arenÕt, please
have them contact us. When the mail system eats messages without generating an
error, we canÕt detect the problem.
Financial
Situation:
With
Jay DavisÕs help and yours, we have reached our current funding goal. We have
signed a contract with our lawyers to amend the petition to include class
action allegations and then make a motion to certify the class. The contract
requires a fixed payment of $75,000 for the work. We have already placed
$25,000 in an escrow account to pay for the first part of the work. We
will add funds to the escrow account to finish the class action work.
We have
earmarked another $25,000 for an initial escrow payment toward discovery work.
We will need to negotiate a separate contract for that work. We are also
holding an additional $2,000 in reserve for operational expenses such as web
site rental, tax filing fee costs, supplies and unanticipated costs.
Legal
Situation:
We have
had two changes in our legal representation recently. We have added William
Hebert of Calvo Fisher & Jacob LLP to our legal staff to help with California class action law. You can find
more about him at: http://calvofisher.com/attorneys/whebert
John StemberÕs law firm has been split with John forming Stember Cohn & Davidson-Welling, LLC. Molly
Davidson-Welling, who was also working on our case, is a member of the new
firm. The plaintiffs have agreed that our case will move with them to the new
firm. The change wonÕt change our relationship with John.
Plaintiff
selection:
We are
still in the process of selecting additional plaintiffs for the change to a
class action suit. If you would like to volunteer, contact Tom Sinclair at
1-510-465-5300.