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Nature of Suit Code: 710
Nature of Suit: Fair Labor Standards Act
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Fed. Question: Fair Labor Standards

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MORGAN, LEWIS &

BOCKIUS LLP

ATTORNEYS AT LAW

SAN FRANCISCO

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STIP AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO CONTINUE MEDIATION AND HEARING ON CLASS 

CERTIFICATION MOTION

REBECCA EISEN, State Bar No. 096129

THERESA MAK, State Bar No. 211435

M. MICHAEL COLE, State Bar No. 235538

MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP

One Market, Spear Street Tower

San Francisco, CA 94105-1126

Tel: 415.442.1000

Fax: 415.442.1001

reisen@morganlewis.com

tmak@morganlewis.com

mcole@morganlewis.com

JENNIFER WHITE-SPERLING, State Bar No. 166504

MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP

300 South Grand Avenue

Twenty-Second Floor

Los Angeles, CA 90071-3132

Tel: 213.612.2500

Fax: 213.612.2501

jwhite-sperling@morganlewis.com

Attorneys for Defendants

METLIFE, INC., METROPOLITAN LIFE 

INSURANCE COMPANY, AND METLIFE 

SECURITIES, INC.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

NEIL WEINSTEIN, individually, and on 

behalf of all others similarly situated,

Plaintiff,

vs.

METLIFE, INC., METROPOLITAN LIFE 

INSURANCE COMPANY, AND 

METLIFE SECURITIES, INC.,

Defendant.

Case No. C06-04444 SI

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] 

ORDER TO CONTINUE MEDIATION 

AND HEARING ON CLASS

CERTIFICATION MOTION

STIPULATION

WHEREAS Plaintiff Neil Weinstein (“Plaintiff”) and Defendants MetLife, Inc., 

Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, and MetLife Securities, Inc. (“Defendants”) (altogether as 

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STIP AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO CONTINUE MEDIATION AND HEARING ON CLASS 

CERTIFICATION MOTION

“the Parties”), through their counsel of record, previously agreed to engage in a private mediation 

by June 30, 2007 and the Court so ordered;

WHEREAS the Parties have actively met and conferred, selected a private mediator, and 

selected the first available date when they and the mediator are available – August 28, 2007;

WHEREAS the Parties agree that an exchange of formal and informal discovery prior to 

the mediation will facilitate the effectiveness of the mediation;

WHEREAS the Parties agree additional time is required in which to exchange formal and 

informal discovery prior to mediation;

WHEREAS the Parties believe that a continuance of the hearing on Plaintiff’s anticipated 

Motion for Certification of Class/Collective Action would preserve the status quo and allow the 

Parties to focus their efforts on a meaningful mediation; 

THEREFORE, the Parties, through their counsel of record, hereby STIPULATE to:

1. Engage in a private mediation no later than August 31, 2007;

2. Work cooperatively to exchange formal and informal discovery prior to the private 

mediation;

3. Continue the hearing on Plaintiff’s anticipated Motion for Certification of 

Class/Collective Action, currently set for October 12, 2007, to January 25, 2008; and

4. Set a briefing schedule for Plaintiff’s anticipated Motion for Certification of

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STIP AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO CONTINUE MEDIATION AND HEARING ON CLASS 

CERTIFICATION MOTION

Class/Collective Action to begin 30 days after the completion of the private mediation.

IT IS SO STIPULATED.

Dated: June 25, 2007 MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP

By:_______________/s/_____________

Rebecca Eisen

Attorneys for Defendants

METLIFE, INC., METROPOLITAN LIFE 

INSURANCE COMPANY, AND 

METLIFE SECURITIES, INC.

Dated: June 25, 2007 WOLF HALDENSTEIN ADLER FREEMAN 

& HERZ LLP

By:_______________/s/_____________

Betsy Manifold

Attorneys for Plaintiff

NEIL WEINSTEIN

ORDER

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: _____________, 2007 ______________________

Hon. Susan Illston

U.S. District Court Judge

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