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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO

Wendy Berry, Lorri Hulings, and Kathleen 

Sammons, individually and as representatives of a 

class of similarly situated persons, and on behalf 

of the FirstGroup America, Inc. Retirement 

Savings Plan,

Plaintiffs,

v.

FirstGroup America, Inc., FirstGroup 

America, Inc. Employee Benefits Committee, 

and Aon Hewitt Investment Consulting, Inc.,

Defendants.

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Case No. 1:18-cv-00326-MWM

Judge Matthew W. McFarland

NOTICE BY PLAINTIFFS AND AON HEWITT INVESTMENT CONSULTING, INC. 

OF SETTLEMENT IN PRINCIPLE AND MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF SUMMARY 

JUDGMENT BRIEFING SCHEDULE

Brian D. Boyle (pro hac vice)

Shannon M. Barrett (pro hac vice)

Stuart M. Sarnoff (pro hac vice)

William D. Pollak (pro hac vice)

O’MELVENY & MYERS LLP

1625 Eye Street, N.W.

Washington, DC 20006

Tel: (202) 383–5300

V. Brandon McGrath (0072057)

DENTONS BINGHAM GREENEBAUM 

LLP

2350 First Financial Center

255 East Fifth Street

Cincinnati, Ohio 45202-4728

Tel: (513) 455–7641

Attorneys for Aon Hewitt Investment Consulting, Inc.

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Plaintiffs and Defendant Aon Hewitt Investment Consulting, Inc. hereby notify the Court 

that they have reached a settlement in principle, and jointly move the Court to extend the 

summary judgment briefing schedule for all parties by 60 days to allow the settling parties to 

negotiate a final agreement. Given the settlement in principle involving one of the defendants, 

good cause exists to modify the summary judgment briefing schedule to allow the settling parties 

to document their settlement and present it to the Court for fairness review. Plaintiffs and 

Defendant Aon Hewitt Investment Consulting, Inc. have consulted with Defendants FirstGroup 

America, Inc., and FirstGroup America, Inc. Employee Benefits Committee (collectively 

“FirstGroup”) and are authorized to report that FirstGroup does not oppose this relief.

With the requested 60-day extension in the deadline for summary judgment motions, any 

such motions would be due to be filed on December 13, 2022; opposition briefs would be due on 

January 17, 2023; and reply briefs would be due on February 14, 2023. See ECF No. 88.

WHEREFORE, Plaintiffs and Defendant Aon Hewitt Investment Consulting, Inc.

respectfully request that this Court grant the parties a 60-day extension of the summary judgment 

briefing schedule.

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Dated: October 12, 2022

NICHOLS KASTER, PLLP

/s/ Paul Lukas 

Paul J. Lukas

Brock J. Specht

Matthew H. Morgan

Anna P. Prakash

Steven J. Eiden

4700 IDS Center

80 S 8th Street 

Minneapolis, MN 55402

Telephone: 612-256-3200

Facsimile: 612-338-4878

lukas@nka.com

bspecht@nka.com

George M. Reul, Jr. (0069992)

FREKING MYERS & REUL LLC

600 Vine Street, Ninth Floor

Cincinnati, Ohio 45202

Telephone: 513-721-1975

Facsimile: 513-651-2570

greul@fmr.law

Attorneys for Plaintiff

Respectfully submitted,

O’MELVENY & MYERS LLP 

/s/ Brian D. Boyle 

Brian D. Boyle

Shannon M. Barrett

Deanna Rice

1625 Eye St., NW 

Washington, DC 20006 

Telephone: (202) 383-5300

Fax: (202) 383-5414 

bboyle@omm.com

sbarrett@omm.com

derice@omm.com

Stuart M. Sarnoff

William Pollak

O’MELVENY & MYERS LLP 

Times Square Tower

7 Times Square

New York, NY 10036

Telephone: (212) 728-5675

Fax: (212) 326-2061

ssarnoff@omm.com

wpollak@omm.com

V. Brandon McGrath (0072057)

DENTONS BINGHAM GREENEBAUM LLP

2350 First Financial Center

255 East Fifth Street

Cincinnati, Ohio 45202-4728

Telephone: 513-455-7641

Brandon.mcgrath@dentons.com

Attorneys for Defendant Aon Hewitt Investment 

Consulting, Inc. (n/k/a Aon Investments USA, 

Inc.)

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I, hereby, certify that a true and correct copy of the Notice of Settlement and Joint Motion 

for Extension of Summary Judgment Briefing Schedule was served on all counsel of record via 

the Court’s ECF system on October 12, 2022.

Dated: October 12, 2022 s/ William Pollak

William Pollak (pro hac vice)

Attorneys for Defendant Aon Hewitt 

Investment Consulting, Inc. (n/k/a Aon 

Investments USA, Inc.)

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