George Barney v. Nova Lifestyle, Inc.

Case 2:18-cv-10725-TJH-AFM Document Filed 08/29/ Page 1 of Page ID #:1301 'O' 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 United States District Court Central District of California Western Division 11 GEORGE BARNEY, et al., CV 18-10725 TJH (AFMx) Plaintiffs, v. Order NOVA LIFESTYLE, INC., et al., Defendants. 17 The Court has considered the unopposed motion for conditional class certification and preliminary approval of class action settlement filed by purported Named Plaintiff Daniel Miles and Lead Plaintiffs ITENT EDV Dienstleistungs GmbH [“ITENT”] and Richard Deutner, together with the moving papers. On December 28, 2018, Plaintiff George Barney, a shareholder of Defendant Nova Lifestyle, Inc. [“Nova”], filed this putative class action against Nova and some of its current and former officers – Thanh H. Lam, Ya Ming Wong, Jeffrey Chuang, and Yuen Ching Ho [collectively “the Nova Defendants”] – on behalf of himself and others who purchased Nova shares between December 2, 2015, and December 20, 2018. This…