Courts Set Deadline for Objections to Fee Applications in
Action Settlement
January 08, 2010 04:34 PM Eastern Time
NEW YORK--(EON: Enhanced Online News)--As previously noticed, on November 5, 2009, MetLife, Inc. and Metropolitan Lif
Company agreed, without admitting any liability, to settle two policyholder class actions regarding the demutualization that the comp
April 2000. The attorneys for the plaintiff classes have applied to the courts for attorneys’ fees and litigation expenses, and some of
named plaintiffs have applied for incentive awards, to be paid from the previously announced proposed settlement fund.
Any objections to applications for attorneys’ fees, litigation expenses or incentive awards must be filed no later than February 5, 20
U.S. District Court Clerk, 225 Cadman Plaza East, Brooklyn, NY 11201, under the caption In re MetLife Demutualization Litig
No. 00-CV-2258 (JBW), and the New York Supreme Court Clerk, 60 Centre Street, New York, NY 10007, under the caption
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, Index No. 601181/2000 (Justice Kornreich). The federal and state courts will jointly hea
applications for attorneys’ fees, expenses and incentive awards in the two class actions at 11:30 a.m. on February 9, 2010, in Court
New York County Courthouse, 60 Centre Street, New York, NY 10007. Copies of the applications for attorneys’ fees, litigation
incentive awards that have been submitted in both cases may be downloaded by registered users of the Public Access to Court Ele
(PACER) service from the federal court’s electronic filing system at ecf.nyed.uscourts.gov under Docket No. 00-CV-2258 or may
the offices of the clerks of the respective federal and state courts at the addresses listed above.
MetLife, Inc. is a leading provider of insurance, employee benefits and financial services with operations throughout the United Stat
America, Europe and Asia Pacific regions. Through its subsidiaries and affiliates, MetLife, Inc. reaches more than 70 million custom
world and MetLife is the l