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INTRODUCTION

16 In this long-running wage-and-hour collective action, the parties move for approval of 17 their collective settlement under the Fair Labor Standards Act and plaintiff’s counsel move for 18 attorney’s fees and costs. To the extent stated below, the motions are GRANTED.

STATEMENT

20 Prior orders detailed our facts (Dkt. Nos. 76, 236, 254). In brief, plaintiff worked as a 21 technician for defendants Integrated Tech Group, LLC, and ITG Communications, LLC, which 22 provide home installation services for cable and telecommunications equipment. The complaint 23 alleges that defendants required its technicians to work significant portions of their day off-the- 24 clock, including during meal periods and time spent driving. Additionally, defendants allegedly 25 pressured employees to alter or underreport time and systemically undercalculated their pay. 26 Plaintiff sued in March 2019. An August 2019 order conditionally certified a nationwide 27 collective under FLSA (Dkt. No. 76). A March 2020 order, however, compelled many members of the collective to arbitration, which appeared to cut the collective from nearly 380 to 132 members (Dkt. Nos. 167;…