In Re: Prempro Products et al

Filing 1990

LETTER ORDER re #1953 MOTION to Establish Fee and Cost Trust Account; the Court is advising counsel to be prepared to address the specific duties to be required of an appointed trustee in this case at the Status Conference, Friday, February 27, 2009. Signed by Judge William R. Wilson, Jr on 2/24/09. (mkf)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS RICHARD SHEPPARD ARNOLD UNITED STATES COURTHOUSE 500 W. CAPITOL, ROOM D444 LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS 72201-3325 [phone] Facsimile [phone]

February 24, 2009 Ms. Zoe B. Littlepage Littlepage Booth - Houston 2043A West Main Street Houston , TX 77098 Mr. F. Lane Heard , III Williams & Connolly 725 Twelfth Street, N.W. Washington , DC 20005-5901 Re: Dear Counsel: I have in mind the names of three potential trustees, but before I nominate them I would like to be more fully advised in the premises regarding the specific duties of this trustee. Do you think PPO 6 is specific enough? I want to be able to explain to the trustee exactly what is expected of her or him. Please address this at the Status Conference this Friday. Cordially, /s/ Wm. R. Wilson, Jr. P.S. I note also that PPO 6 provides: "The fees and the costs of the trustee shall be paid from the Trust Account upon the approval of the Court."1 It appears to me that this settles the issue, i.e., Plaintiffs pay the trustee. In re Prempro, 4:03-CV-01507-WRW Trustee of Plaintiffs' Trust Account (Doc. No. 1953)

Original to the Clerk fo the Court cc: Other Counsel of Record

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Doc. No. 570, ¶ 9(b).