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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 DISCOVERY

AND CASE SCHEDULE

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

Pursuant to the Court's direction at the case management conference on March 12, 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") and defendant

Conseco Life Insurance Company ("Conseco Life") (together, the "Parties") HEREBY

STIPULATE AND AGREE as follows:

1. Conseco Life's opposition to Plaintiffs' motion for class certification (filed on March

11, 2010) shall be filed no later than April 22, 2010;

2. Plaintiffs' reply in further support of their motion for class certification shall be filed

no later than May 13, 2010;

3. The Court shall hear argument on Plaintiffs' motion for class certification on June 4,

2010, as previously ordered (Docket No. 12);

4. Each side is permitted to take no more than twenty (20) depositions of fact

witnesses, including those depositions already taken by any party on the date of this stipulation. In

addition to fact witness depositions, each side shall be permitted to take the deposition of the expert

witnesses designated by the other side;

5. Each side is permitted to serve on the other side thirty-two (32) interrogatories,

including those already served.

6. Fact discovery on all issues shall close on October 29, 2010;

7. The parties shall identify any expert witnesses whose opinions, reports or testimony

may be used at trial and provide a general statement of the topics about which each expert is

expected to testify on October 29, 2010;

8 All reports of expert witnesses shall be due no later than November 19, 2010;

9. Rebuttal expert reports, if any, shall be provided no later than December 21, 2010;

10. Expert discovery on all issues shall close on January 28, 2011;

11. Dispositive motions, if any, shall be filed no later than February 18, 2011;

12. Oppositions to dispositive motions shall be filed no later than March 18, 2011;

13. Replies in support of dispositive motions shall be filed no later than April 1, 2011;

14. The final pretrial conference shall be scheduled at the Court's convenience;

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

15. Trial shall begin on May 23, 2011;

16. Upon showing of good cause, a party may seek to modify the schedule or limits on

discovery set forth in this Order.

17. All future filings related to Brady v. Conseco, Inc., et al., Case No. 08-5746-SI (N.D.

Cal.); McFarland v. Conseco Life Insurance Co., et al., Case No. 10-0652-SI (N.D. Cal.) and

Muldrow v. Conseco Life Insurance Co., et al., Case No. 10-0689-SI (N.D. Cal.) shall be made

under MDL Docket Number 10-cv-2124-SI, and the parties shall request that the Court

administratively close the three other above-mentioned pending cases.

DATED: March 16, 2010 Millstein & Associates

By: /s/ David J. Millstein

David J. Millstein

Attorneys for the Brady Plaintiffs

DATED: March 16, 2010 Gilbert LLP

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

August J. Matteis, Jr.

Attorneys for the Brady Plaintiffs

DATED: March 16, 2010 Berman DeValerio

By: /s/ Michael Pucillo

Michael Pucillo

Joseph J. Tabacco

Chris Heffelfinger

Attorneys for Plaintiff McFarland

DATED: March 16, 2010 Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

By: /s/ James R. Carroll

Raoul D. Kennedy

James R. Carroll (Admitted Pro Hac Vice)

David S. Clancy (Admitted Pro Hac Vice)

Attorneys for Defendant

Conseco Life Insurance Company

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

ATTESTATION PURSUANT TO GENERAL ORDER 45

I, James R. Carroll, 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 16th day of March, 2010, at Boston, Massachusetts.

By: /s/ James R. Carroll

James R. Carroll

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED,

Dated: By:

Hon. Susan Illston

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