Blair

INTRODUCTION

19 In this class action involving rent-to-own transactions, plaintiffs move for final approval 20 of a class settlement and for attorney’s fees, expenses, and incentive award. Defendants do not 21 oppose. For the following reasons, the motion for final approval is GRANTED. The motion for 22 attorney’s fees, expenses, and incentive award is GRANTED IN PART.

STATEMENT

24 Previous orders have stated the facts (Dkt. Nos. 154, 154, 179). Briefly, defendants 25 Rent-A-Center, Inc. and Rent-A-Center West, Inc. (collectively “RAC”) maintained rent-to- 26 own stores throughout California. These stores rented and sold new and used household 27 merchandise to consumers for periodic payments. The named plaintiffs and class representatives entered into rental-purchase agreements with RAC in 2015 and 2016 (Compl. ¶¶ 11, 27, 41, 47). Based on these agreements, plaintiffs made claims for relief including for violations of the Karnette Act, the California Consumers Legal Remedies Act (CLRA), usury, and California Business and Professions Code § 17200. A November 2018 order granted in part and denied in part the parties’ cross-motions for…