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KASOWITZ, BENSON, TORRES & FRIEDMAN LLP CHARLES N. FREIBERG (SBN 70890)

BRIAN P. BROSNAHAN (SBN 112894)

JACOB N. FOSTER (SBN 250785)

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Telephone: (415) 421-6140

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LAW OFFICES OF CRAIG A. MILLER CRAIG A. MILLER (SBN 116030)

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San Diego, CA 92101

Telephone: (619) 231-9449

Facsimile: (619) 231-8638

Attorneys for Plaintiffs

JOYCE WALKER, KIM BRUCE HOWLETT, and MURIEL SPOONER, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CLASS ACTION CASE NO.: CV 10-9198 JVS (RNBx)

Formerly Case No.: 3:10-cv -04852 JSW from Northern District of CA

JOINT STIPULATION FOR AN ORDER CONCERNING COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN DEFENDANT LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF THE SOUTHWEST AND CLASS MEMBERS

JOYCE WALKER, KIM BRUCE HOWLETT, and MURIEL SPOONER, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated,

Plaintiffs,

V.

LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF THE SOUTHWEST, a Texas corporation,

Defendant.

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Pursuant to Local Rule 7-1, Plaintiffs Joyce Walker, Kim Bruce Howlett, and Muriel Spooner (“Plaintiffs”) and Defendant Life Insurance Company of the Southwest (“LSW’’) (collectively, the “parties”), by and between their undersigned counsel, submit the following stipulation:

WHEREAS, the parties have agreed that the initial class notice to be disseminated to members of the class will contain the following language on the first page of the notice: “This lawsuit has not changed the terms of your insurance policy if it is in force, and all contractual guarantees remain in place and are not at risk. If you have any questions about your insurance policy other than about this Notice or this Class Action, you should contact LSW or your insurance agent as usual (contact information is below).”

WHEREAS, Plaintiffs believe that the inclusion of this information presents concerns regarding the communications that may occur between absent class members and employees or agents of LSW;

WHEREAS, the parties reached agreement on a form of an order regarding the scope of proper communications on Sunday, March 24, 2013;

WHEREAS, good cause exists to enter an order clarifying the scope of proper communications between LSW’s employees and agents with absent class members;

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED, by and between the undersigned counsel for the parties:

1. LSW shall instruct its agents and employees not to discuss the class notice or this lawsuit with class members throughout the remainder of this lawsuit, unless otherwise ordered by the Court. LSW shall disseminate this instruction to all of its agents and employees by mass email or by such other method ordinarily used by LSW in the course of its business to send mass communications to its agents and employees that best ensures that this instruction is received by LSW’s agents and employees. LSW shall send this instruction by no later than 10 days

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prior to the date that the class notice is mailed to the class. Nothing in this order shall prevent LSW or its agents or employees from continuing to communicate

with class members in the ordinary course of its business.

DATED: March 25, 2013 KASOWITZ BENSON TORRES & FRIEDMAN LLP

By: /s/ Charles N. Freiberg Charles N. Freiberg

Attorneys For Plaintiffs

JOYCE WALKER, KIM BRUCE HOWLETT, and MURIEL SPOONER, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated

WILMER CUTLER PICKERING HALE AND DORR LLP

By: /s/ Jonathan A. Shapiro Jonathan A. Shapiro

Attorneys For Defendant LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF THE SOUTHWEST

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