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<br />4 <br />Government may apply to the Regional OAC to be reinstated for <br />direct payments no earlier than five years after the date of <br />suspension.” <br />F. The amounts payable to each law firm representing a Litigating Local <br />Government from the GFF shall be consistent with the MOU and the <br />process set forth in the Order Appointing the Fee Panel to Allocate and <br />Disburse Attorney’s Fees Provided for in State Back-Stop Agreements, <br />Case No. 1:17-md-02804-DAP Doc #: 4543 (June 17, 2022). All <br />amounts that the City of Seattle has contributed to the GFF shall be <br />returned to the City of Seattle by the Settlement Administrator rather than <br />paid to Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP. <br />G. The GFF set forth in the MOU shall be funded by the LG Share of the <br />Washington Abatement Amount only. To the extent the common benefit <br />tax is not already payable by the Settling Entities as contemplated by <br />Section D.8 of the MOU, the GFF shall be used to pay Litigating Local <br />Government contingency fee agreements and any common benefit tax <br />referred to in Section D of the MOU, which shall be paid on a pro rata <br />basis to eligible law firms as determined by the GFF Administrator. <br />H. To fund the GFF, fifteen percent (15%) of the LG Share shall be deposited <br />in the GFF from each LG Share settlement payment until the Litigating <br />Subdivisions’ contingency fee agreements and common benefit tax (if <br />any) referred to in Section D of the MOU are satisfied. Under no <br />circumstances will any Primary Subdivision or Litigating Local <br />Government be required to contribute to the GFF more than 15% of the <br />portion of the LG Share allocated to such Primary Subdivision or <br />Litigating Local Government. In addition, under no circumstances will <br />any portion of the LG Share allocated to a Litigating Local Government be <br />used to pay the contingency fees or litigation expenses of counsel for some <br />other Litigating Local Government. <br />I. The maximum amount of any Litigating Local Government contingency <br />fee agreement (from the Contingency Fee Fund of the Settlement) payable <br />to a law firm permitted for compensation shall be fifteen percent (15%) of <br />the portion of the LG Share paid to the Litigating Local Government that <br />retained that firm (i.e., if City X filed suit with outside counsel on a <br />contingency fee contract and City X receives $1,000,000 from the <br />Settlement, then the maximum that the firm can receive is $150,000 for <br />fees.) The firms also shall be paid documented expenses due under their <br />contingency fee agreements that have been paid by the law firm <br />attributable to that Litigating Local Government. Consistent with <br />Agreement on Attorneys’ Fees, Costs, and Expenses, which is Exhibit R <br />of the Settlement, amounts due to Participating Litigating Subdivisions’ <br />attorneys under this Allocation Agreement III shall not impact (i) costs <br />paid by the subdivisions to their attorneys pursuant to a State Back-Stop