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Nature of Suit Code: 791
Nature of Suit: Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)
Cause of Action: 29:1104 Recovery of Benefits to Employee

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Standard's and Schoolpop's Joint CMC Stmt

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C 04 02462 JW

JONES DAY

SHAWN HANSON #109321

KATHERINE S. RITCHEY #178409

JORDAN CUNNINGHAM #235174

555 California Street

26th Floor

San Francisco, CA 94104

Telephone: (415) 626-3939

Facsimile: (415) 875-5700

Attorneys for Third Party Claimant

STANDARD INSURANCE COMPANY

Grodsky & Olecki LLP

Allen B . Grodsky #111064

2001 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 210

Santa Monica, CA 90403

Telephone: (310) 315-3009

Facsimile: (310) 315-1557

Attorneys for Third Party Defendant

SCHOOLPOP, INC.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA - SAN JOSE DIVISION

MARY ELIZABETH DOHERTY,

 Plaintiff,

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STANDARD INSURANCE COMPANY, et

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Defendants.

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CASE NO. C 04 02462 JW

THIRD-PARTY CLAIMANT

STANDARD INSURANCE

COMPANY AND THIRD-PARTY

DEFENDANT SCHOOLPOP,

INC.'S JOINT CASE

MANAGEMENT STATEMENT

AND [PROPOSED] ORDER

Date: September 12, 2005

STANDARD INSURANCE COMPANY, an

Oregon corporation,

 Third Party Claimant,

vs.

SCHOOLPOP, INC., a Delaware

corporation,

 Third Party Defendant.

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Case 5:04-cv-02462-JW Document 81-1 Filed 09/02/2005 Page 1 of 3

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NITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNI

APPROVED

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Judge James Ware

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Pursuant to Civil Local Rule 16-10(d), Defendant and Third-Party Claimant Standard

Insurance Company ("Standard") and Third-Party Defendant Schoolpop, Inc. ("Schoolpop")

hereby submit this Joint Case Management Statement and Proposed Order in connection with the

Case Management Conference currently scheduled for September 12, 2005.

Plaintiff Mary Elizabeth Doherty dismissed all claims against all Defendants on August

15, 2005, leaving only Standard's third party complaint against Schoolpop in this action. By letter

dated July 25, 2005, Schoolpop advised Standard that, in light of recent developments implicating

the financial viability of the company, "Moving forward with [Standard's] claims against

Schoolpop is just going to cost Standard money that it is unlikely ever to recover." See

Attachment A. Schoolpop referred Standard to a recent 8K filing of its parent Loyaltypoint, Inc.

See Attachment B. Loyaltypoint's 8K filing indicated that in light of the departure of several

officers and directors, it was considering strategic alternatives including "the sale of all or

substantially all of its assets." Id. After consultation between Standard and Schoolpop, the

parties request that the Court continue the Case Management Conference for six months in order

to allow time for the parties to understand possible options with more certainty, including whether

Loyaltypoint (1) is able to sell assets such that prosecution of the third party complaint would be

economically feasible, or (2) files for bankruptcy.

Standard believes it has meritorious claim, and seeks to preserve all rights in the event of

bankruptcy or other disposition. At this point, however, the parties agree that active litigation is

in neither party's interest, and likely will result in a waste of resources by the parties and the

Court.

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Dated: September 2, 2005. Respectfully submitted,

JONES DAY

By: /s/

Katherine S. Ritchey

Jordan Cunningham

COUNSEL FOR THIRD-PARTY

CLAIMANT STANDARD INSURANCE

COMPANY

Dated: September 2, 2005. GRODSKY & OLECKI

By: /s/

Allen Grodsky

COUNSEL FOR THIRD-PARTY

DEFENDANT SCHOOLPOP, INC.

Having reviewed the Joint Case Management Statement of Standard and Schoolpop, at the

request of the parties and in the interest of judicial efficiency, the Court ORDERS as follows:

(1) The Case Management Conference is continued until ____________________;

(2) In the event that Schoolpop and/or its parent sell a material portion of their assets

and/or file for bankruptcy, Schoolpop shall advise the Court within 10 days so that the parties can

timely reevaluate the status of this case.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

September __, 2005.

______________________________

United States District Judge

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/s/ James Ware

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