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H. SINCLAIR KERR, JR. (61713) 1 MICHAEL VON LOEWENFELDT (178665) ADRIAN J. SAWYER (203712) 2 HOLLY HOGAN (238714) KERR & WAGSTAFFE LLP 3 100 Spear Street, Suite 1800 San Francisco, CA 94105­1528 4 Telephone: (415) 371-8500 Fax: (415) 371-0500 5 Attorneys for Defendants 6 [Additional Counsel Listed 7 On Subsequent Pages] 8 9 10 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION Case No. C 06 4291 JSW JOINT STIPULATION REGARDING THE FILING OF PLAINTIFFS' CONSOLIDATION PAPERS Hon. Jeffrey S. White

11 PAUL MEOLA, individually, and on behalf of all others similarly situated, 12 Plaintiff, 13 14 vs.

15 AXA FINANCIAL, INC.; AXA ADVISORS, LLC; AXA EQUITABLE LIFE INSURANCE 16 CO.; and DOES 1 through 10, inclusive, 17 Defendants. CARLTON M. LENNON, individually, and on 18 behalf of all other members of the general public similarly situated, JAMES L. 19 THOMPSON, individually, and on behalf of all other members of the general public 20 similarly situated, 21 22 vs. Plaintiffs,

Case No. C 07 1858 JSW (Related to C 06 4291 JSW)

23 AXA ADVISORS, LLC; AXA NETWORK, LLC; and DOES 1 through 20, inclusive, 24 Defendants. 25 26 [Additional Captions On Following Page] 27 28
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ANTHONY BOLEA, individually, and on 1 behalf of all others similarly situated, 2 3 v. 4 5 6 AXA ADVISORS, LLC and AXA EQUITABLE LIFE INSURANCE CO. Plaintiff,

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Defendants. 7 HARKANT DHRUV, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, 8 Plaintiff, 9 vs. 10 AXA EQUITABLE LIFE INSURANCE 11 COMPANY, AXA ADVISORS, LLC; and AXA FINANCIAL SERVICES, LLC, 12 Defendants. 13 14 BRYAN KING SHELDON (116219) LIM, RUGER & KIM LLP 15 1055 West Seventh Street, Suite 2800 Los Angeles, CA 90017 16 Telephone: (213) 955-9500 Facsimile: (213) 955-9511 17 JOSEPH D. MELTZER (admitted pro hac vice) 18 GERALD D. WELLS, III (admitted pro hac vice) ROBERT J. GRAY (admitted pro hac vice) 19 SCHIFFRIN BARROWAY TOPAZ & KESSLER, LLP 20 280 King of Prussia Road Radnor, Pennsylvania 19087 21 Telephone: (610) 667-7706 Facsimile: (610) 667-7056 22 Attorneys for Plaintiff Meola 23 MARK YABLONOVICH (186670) 24 MARC PRIMO (216796) JOSEPH CHO (198844) 25 SHAWN WESTRICK (235513) INITIATIVE LEGAL GROUP LLP 26 1800 Century Park East, Suite 200 Los Angeles, CA 90067 27 Telephone: (310) 556-5637 Facsimile: (310) 861-9051 28
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Case No. C 07 4368 JSW (Related to C 06 4291 JSW)

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1 Attorneys for Plaintiffs Lennon & Thompson 2 ALAN R. PLUTZIK 3 L. TIMOTHY FISHER SCHIFFRIN BARROWAY TOPAZ & 4 KESSLER, LLP 2125 Oak Grove Road, Suite 120 5 Walnut Creek, CA 90067 Telephone: (925) 945-0770 6 Facsimile: (925) 945-8792 7 JOSEPH H. MELTZER 8 GERALD D. WELLS, III ROBERT J. GRAY 9 SCHIFFRIN BARROWAY TOPAZ & KESSLER, LLP 10 280 King of Prussia Road 11 Radnor, PA 19087 Telephone: (610) 667-7706 12 Facsimile: (610) 667-7506 13 R. BRUCE CARLSON GARY F. LYNCH 14 CARLSON LYNCH LTD 15 P.O. Box 367 231 Melville Lane 16 Sewickley, PA 15143 Telephone: 412-749-1677 17 Facsimile: 412-749-1686 18 A. HOYT ROWELL, III 19 DANIEL O. MYERS RICHARDSON PATRICK 20 WESTBROOK & BRICKMAN LLC 1037 Chuck Dawley Blvd., Bldg A 21 Mt. Pleasant, SC 29464 22 23 NIALL P. MCCARTHY (#160175) 24 NANCY L. FINEMAN (#124870) COTCHETT, PITRE & McCARTHY 25 San Francisco Airport Office Center 26 840 Malcolm Road, Suite 200 Burlingame, CA 94010 27 Telephone: (650) 697-6000 Facsimile: (650) 697-0577 28
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Attorneys for Plaintiff Bolea

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1 JOHN M. KELSON (#75462) 2 LAW OFFICES OF JOHN M. KELSON 1999 Harrison Street, Suite 700 3 Oakland, CA 94612 Telephone: (510) 465-1326 4 Facsimile: (510) 465-0871 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28
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Attorneys for Plaintiff Dhruv

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The parties in the above-captioned actions, by and through their counsel of record, hereby

2 stipulate as follows: 3 WHEREAS, Plaintiffs in the above-captioned matters ("Plaintiffs") indicated to the Court

4 at the Case Management Conference held on August 31, 2007 that they intended to file 5 consolidation papers, consolidating the actions for all purposes, and concomitantly a 6 consolidated complaint; 7 8 WHEREAS, the Court directed Plaintiffs to file such pleadings by September 21, 2007; WHEREAS, Plaintiffs have contacted Defendants to determine if Defendants will

9 stipulate to such filings; 10 WHEREAS, Defendants need sufficient time to review Plaintiffs' proposed consolidated

11 complaint before making any such determination; 12 IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED that the time for Plaintiffs to file their

13 consolidation papers and related pleadings is hereby moved from September 21, 2007 to October 14 5, 2007. 15 16 DATED: September 20, 2007 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 1
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KERR & WAGSTAFFE LLP By: _____________s/__________________ Michael von Loewenfeldt Attorneys for Defendants

DATED: September 20, 2007 LIM, RUGER & KIM, LLP By: ___________ s/____________________ Bryan King Sheldon Local Counsel for Plaintiff PAUL MEOLA

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1 2 3 4 DATED: September 20, 2007 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 DATED: September 20, 2007 15 16 17 18 19 20 SO ORDERED 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 DATED: September 20, 2007

SCHIFFRIN BARROWAY TOPAZ & KESSLER, LLP Lead Counsel for Plaintiff PAUL MEOLA INITIATIVE LEGAL GROUP LLP

By: __________ s/________________________ Joseph Cho Counsel for Plaintiffs CARLTON LENNON and JAMES THOMPSON CARLSON LYNCH

By: ___________ s/_______________________ Gary F. Lynch Counsel for Plaintiff ANTHONY BOLEA COTCHETT, PITRE & McCARTHY

By: ___________ s/_______________________ Nancy Fineman Counsel for Plaintiff HARKANT DHRUV

__________________________________ Jeffrey S. White, U.S.D.J.

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I, Michael von Loewenfeldt, am the ECF User whose ID and password are being

2 used to file this Joint Administrative Motion to Consider Whether Cases Should Be Related. In 3 compliance with General Order 45, X.B., I hereby attest Messrs. Bryan King Sheldon, Gary F. 4 Lynch, Nancy Fineman and Joseph Cho, counsel for Plaintiffs above captioned cases, 5 respectively, have concurred in this filing. 6 7 DATED: September 20, 2007 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 3
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KERR & WAGSTAFFE LLP By: _______________s/________________ Michael von Loewenfeldt Attorneys for Defendants