In re: AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company

Filing 751

ORDER granting 742 Letter Motion to Seal. Application GRANTED, subject to reconsideration in the event that any party or third party files a motion to unseal a particular document or documents. The Clerk is directed to terminate ECF No. 742. SO ORDERED. (Signed by Judge Jesse M. Furman on 6/3/24) (yv)

Susman Godfrey l.l.p.
a registered limited liability partnership
SUITE 1400
1900 AVENUE OF THE STARS

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA 90067-6029
[phone]
FAX [phone]
www.susmangodfrey.com

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Suite 5100
1000 Louisiana Street
Houston, Texas 77002-5096
[phone]
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Suite 3800
1201 Third Avenue
Seattle, Washington 98101-3000
[phone]
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Halley Josephs
Direct Dial [phone]

May 31, 2024
Hon. Jesse M. Furman
United States District Court
Southern District of New York
40 Centre Street, Room 2202
New York, NY 10007
Re:

50th Floor
One Manhattan West
New York, New York 10001-8602
[phone]
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E-Mail [e-mail]

Application GRANTED, subject to reconsideration in the event that any
party or third party files a motion to unseal a particular document or
documents. The Clerk is directed to terminate ECF No. 742.
SO ORDERED.

June 3, 2024
Brach Family Found., Inc., et al. v. AXA Equitable Life Ins. Co., No. 16 Civ. 740 (JMF)

Dear Judge Furman:
Class Counsel in the above-captioned action offers this letter-motion to seal pursuant to
Rule 7.B of Your Honor’s Individual Rules and Practices in Civil Cases regarding Class
Counsel’s Motion to Authorize Additional Steps to Allocate Class Action Settlement Funds, the
accompanying Memorandum of Law, Declaration of Halley Josephs in Support of the Motion,
Exhibits 1–8 to the Declaration, and Proposed Order.
The redacted Memorandum of Law, Declaration, and Proposed Order, and fully sealed
Exhibits reflect confidential information identifying Final Class Members and the policies owned
by them. This information was designated “Confidential” by AXA pursuant to the terms of the
protective order as well as by securities intermediaries who produced identifying information
regarding Substituted Illustration Class Members in response to subpoenas authorized by the
Court. Dkt. 672. In light of the privacy and confidentiality interests of absent class members,
Class Counsel respectfully requests that the material redacted from the Memorandum of Law,
Declaration, and Proposed Order, and Exhibits 1–8 in their entirety, remain under seal. See Dkt.
646 (granting application to seal confidential information regarding class member identities); cf.
Awestruck Mktg. Grp., LLC v. Black Ops Prods., LLC, No. 16-CV-3639, 2016 WL 8814349, at
*3 (S.D.N.Y. June 20, 2016).

May 31, 2024
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Sincerely,
/s/ Halley Josephs
Halley Josephs