Superior Court of the State of California,
County of Alameda, Case No. RG20061383
If you are or were a tenant of a residential property in California owned or managed by Brookfield Properties Multifamily, LLC, Forest City Residential Management, LLC, or Uptown Housing Partners, LLC at any time from May 11, 2016, to May 11, 2020 and you were charged a late fee during that time, this class action lawsuit may affect your rights.
The Court has ruled that the lawsuit can proceed, for settlement purposes, as a “Class Action” on behalf of the following “Class” of tenants:
YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS AND OPTIONS IN THIS LAWSUIT |
REMAIN PART OF THE CLASS (REQUIRES NO ACTION BY YOU AT THIS TIME) | Stay in this lawsuit. Keep right to recover money in this case. Give up right to bring your own case. By doing nothing, if you are a Class Member, you will get money from the Settlement in this case. But you may give up the right to bring your own independent lawsuit against Defendants challenging its late fee policy. |
ASK TO BE EXCLUDED FROM THIS CASE (REQUIRES ACTION BY AUGUST 15, 2022) | Exclude yourself from this lawsuit. Get no benefits from it. Keep the right to bring your own case. If you ask to be excluded, you cannot recover any money through this case. But you will keep the right to bring your own case against Defendants challenging their late fee policy. |
YOU MAY CHOOSE TO OBJECT (REQUIRES ACTION BY AUGUST 15, 2022) | You can object to this lawsuit either in writing or orally at the Fairness Hearing. Written objections must be submitted to the Settlement Administrator by mailing them to Baller v. Brookfield Properties, c/o Kroll Settlement Administration, PO Box 225391, New York, NY 10150-5391. Written objections must be postmarked on or before August 15, 2022, to be considered timely. Oral objections can be made at the Fairness Hearing on October 4, 2022, at 3pm PT at the Alameda County Superior Court, Department 23, 1221 Oak Street, Oakland, California 94612. |