Mandel

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 ALEXANDRA MANDEL, Case No. 22-cv-00071-JD

Plaintiff,

ORDER RE INJUNCTION AND

v. INTERVENTION

GRANDE COSMETICS, LLC, et al., Defendants.

12 In July 2023, the Court denied plaintiff Mandel’s application for preliminary approval of a proposed class settlement. Dkt. No. 55. This was because the proposed settlement featured vouchers that had value only if class members bought more allegedly dangerous products from defendant Grande Cosmetics; provided for an inadequate cash component; and was predicated on an anemic claims rate of less than three percent. Id. These were not the indicators of a fair, reasonable, and adequate settlement under Rule 23, and the Court denied the application on that basis. Leave to try again was granted. Id. A renewed application for preliminary approval has not been filed as of the date of this order. A joint status report by the parties is due on November 6, 2023. Id. Rather than presenting a…