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Nature of Suit Code: 110
Nature of Suit: Insurance
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Insurance Contract

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER CASE NO.:M:10-CV-02124-SI

RAOUL D. KENNEDY (STATE BAR NO. 40892)

SKADDEN, ARPS, SLATE, MEAGHER & FLOM LLP

Four Embarcadero Center, Suite 3800

San Francisco, California 94111

Telephone: (415) 984-6400

Facsimile: (415) 984-2698

Email: Raoul.Kennedy@skadden.com

JAMES R. CARROLL (PRO HAC VICE)

DAVID S. CLANCY (PRO HAC VICE)

SKADDEN, ARPS, SLATE, MEAGHER & FLOM LLP

One Beacon Street, 31st Floor

Boston, Massachusetts 02108

Telephone: (617) 573-4800

Facsimile: (617) 573-4822

Email: James.Carroll@skadden.com

Email: David.Clancy@skadden.com

Attorneys for Defendant

Conseco Life Insurance Company

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

IN RE CONSECO LIFE INSURANCE

COMPANY LIFETREND INSURANCE

SALES AND MARKETING LITIGATION

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MDL DOCKET NO.: 10-CV-2124-SI

ALL CASES

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED]

ORDER CONCERNING FILING

UNDER SEAL OF CERTAIN

DOCUMENTS SUPPORTING

CONSECO LIFE'S OPPOSITION TO

PLAINTIFFS' JOINT MOTION FOR

CLASS CERTIFICATION

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER 1 CASE NO.:M:10-CV-02124-SI

STIPULATION

WHEREAS, on March 11, 2010, Plaintiffs Cedric Brady, Dr. Charles Hovden, Dr. Marion

Hovden, Dr. Eugene Kreps, Dr. John McNamara, Dr. Hisaji Sakai, Jean Sakai and Bill W.

McFarland ("Plaintiffs") filed a joint motion for class certification ("Joint Motion");

WHEREAS, on April 22, 2010, defendant Conseco Life Insurance Company ("Conseco

Life" (together with Plaintiffs, the "Parties")) will file an opposition to Plaintiffs' Joint Motion

("Opposition");

WHEREAS, the Parties' Stipulation and [Proposed] Order for the Protection and Exchange

of Confidential Information (submitted on October 16, 2009 in the Brady matter,1 and adopted by

the Parties in this MDL (Brady Docket No. 77; MDL Docket No. 13) (the "Proposed Protective

Order")) permits a party to designate as "Confidential" documents or information that contain

"confidential or proprietary business, commercial, personal or financial information, trade secrets,

confidential research or development, and/or credit, compliance personnel and administrative

information";

WHEREAS, pages 4, 5, 40 and 41 of the Opposition and the following seven exhibits

attached to the supporting declaration of Frank S. Scuglik (the "Designated Documents") are, or

reference, materials that Conseco Life has designated as confidential pursuant to the Proposed

Protective Order:

1. Exhibit 2, CLIC 0003532 - CLIC 0003537: Product Information for Form

NP-WL-86 issued by Massachusetts General Life Insurance Company

("Massachusetts General"),

2. Exhibit 4, CLIC 0003546 - CLIC 0003551: Product Information for Form

LA 0078/LA 0080 Issued by Philadelphia Life Insurance Company

("Philadelphia Life"),

3. Exhibit 6, CLIC 0003538 - CLIC 0003545: Product Information for Form

for NP-END-86 issued by Massachusetts General,

4. Exhibit 9, CLIC 0003581 - CLIC 0003586: Product Information for Form

NP-WL-92 issued by Massachusetts General,

1 Brady, et al. v. Conseco Life, et al., No. 3:08-CV-05746-SI (N.D. Cal.), now consolidated into this MDL

proceeding.

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER 2 CASE NO.:M:10-CV-02124-SI

5. Exhibit 11, CLIC 0003504 - CLIC 0003507: Product Information for Form

NP-WL-92 issued by Philadelphia Life,

6. Exhibit 13, CLIC 0003497 - CLIC 0003503: Product Information for Form

for NP-WL-94 issued by Massachusetts General, and

7. Exhibit 15, CLIC 0003570 - CLIC 0003580: Product Information for Form

NP-WL-94 issued by Philadelphia Life.

WHEREAS, Conseco Life submits that the Designated Documents contain confidential and

proprietary business information of Conseco Life, including, for example, confidential and

proprietary business information relating to pricing information about life insurance policies;

WHEREAS, the Court previously granted Conseco Life's motion for leave to file the

Designated Documents under seal in the Brady matter (Brady Docket No. 115); and

WHEREAS, the Parties agree that good cause exists now for filing the Designated

Documents under seal, although Plaintiffs reserve their rights to challenge the confidentiality of the

Designated Documents in a future proceeding or at trial;

THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED by the undersigned Parties

as follows:

(1) Conseco Life may file the Designated Documents under seal until the final

disposition of this case, including any appeals;

(2) At the conclusion of the litigation, after any appeals have been exhausted, the

Designated Documents shall be returned to counsel for Conseco Life; and

(3) The clerk shall seal pages 4, 5, 40 and 41 of the Opposition and exhibits 2, 4, 6, 9,

11, 13 and 15 to Frank S. Scuglik's declaration in support thereof.

DATED: April 22, 2010 Millstein & Associates

By: /s/ David J. Millstein

David J. Millstein

Attorneys for the Brady Plaintiffs

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER 3 CASE NO.:M:10-CV-02124-SI

DATED: April 22, 2010 Gilbert LLP

By: /s/ August J. Matteis, Jr.

August J. Matteis, Jr.

Attorneys for the Brady Plaintiffs

DATED: April 22, 2010 Berman DeValerio

By: /s/ Michael Pucillo

Michael Pucillo

Joseph J. Tabacco

Chris Heffelfinger

Attorneys for Plaintiff McFarland

DATED: April 22, 2010 Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

By: /s/ David S. Clancy

Raoul D. Kennedy

James R. Carroll (Admitted Pro Hac Vice)

David S. Clancy (Admitted Pro Hac Vice)

Attorneys for Defendant

Conseco Life Insurance Company

ATTESTATION PURSUANT TO GENERAL ORDER 45

I, David S. Clancy, am the ECF User whose ID and password are being used to file

this Stipulation And Proposed Order. In compliance with General Order 45.X.B, I hereby attest

that concurrence in the filing of this document has been obtained from each of the other signatories.

I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States of America that the foregoing

is true and correct.

Executed this 22nd day of April, 2010, at Boston, Massachusetts.

By: /s/ David S. Clancy

David S. Clancy

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED,

Dated: By:

Hon. Susan Illston

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