Snitzer et al v. The Board of Trustees of the American Federation of Musicians and Employers' Pension Fund et al

Filing 202

ORDER: IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the fairness hearing shall proceed via video conference, using the Skype platform. In advance of the conference, counsel for the parties and counsel for the ad hoc coalition of objectors will each receive a link, via email, to participate by video. Chambers will also email all objectors who previously expressed an interest in attending the fairness hearing, to inquire whether they would like to speak at the hearing; any objector who confirms, before 12:00 P.M. on August 21, 2020, that he or she would like to speak will receive a link to participate via video. Recipients of a video link are ordered not to share or otherwise distribute the link to anyone else. All other objectors or interested member s of the public may listen to the hearing by dialing 1-917-933-2166, using Conference ID: 83851271. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Class Counsel must make this Order available on the settlement website no later than August 18, 2020. SO ORDERED. (Signed by Judge Valerie E. Caproni on 8/17/2020) ( Telephone Conference set for 8/26/2020 at 10:00 AM before Judge Valerie E. Caproni.) (ks) Modified on 8/17/2020 (ks).

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
ANDREW SNITZER and PAUL LIVANT, individually
and as representatives of a class of similarly situated
persons, on behalf of the American Federation of
Musicians and Employers’ Pension Plan,

USDC SDNY
DOCUMENT
ELECTRONICALLY FILED
DOC #:
DATE FILED: 08/17/2020

Plaintiffs,
v.
THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE AMERICAN
FEDERATION OF MUSICIANS AND EMPLOYERS’
PENSION FUND, THE INVESTMENT COMMITTEE
OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF MUSICIANS AND
EMPLOYERS’ PENSION FUND, RAYMOND M.
HAIR, JR., AUGUSTINO GAGLIARDI, GARY
MATTS, WILLIAM MORIARITY, BRIAN F. ROOD,
LAURA ROSS, VINCE TROMBETTA, PHILLIP E.
YAO, CHRISTOPHER J.G. BROCKMEYER,
MICHAEL DEMARTINI, ELLIOT H. GREENE,
ROBERT W. JOHNSON, ALAN H. RAPHAEL,
JEFFREY RUTHIZER, BILL THOMAS, JOANN
KESSLER, MARION PRESTON,

No. 1:17-cv-5361 (VEC)
ORDER

Defendants.
VALERIE CAPRONI, United States District Judge:
WHEREAS an in-person fairness hearing is currently scheduled for August 26, 2020, at
10:00 A.M.; and
WHEREAS the COVID-19 pandemic could deter class members from attending the
hearing in person or subject counsel or other attendees to pandemic-related restrictions based on
their personal contacts or recent out-of-state travel;
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the fairness hearing shall proceed via video conference,
using the Skype platform. In advance of the conference, counsel for the parties and counsel for
the ad hoc coalition of objectors will each receive a link, via email, to participate by video.

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Chambers will also email all objectors who previously expressed an interest in attending the
fairness hearing,1 to inquire whether they would like to speak at the hearing; any objector who
confirms, before 12:00 P.M. on August 21, 2020, that he or she would like to speak will receive
a link to participate via video. Recipients of a video link are ordered not to share or otherwise
distribute the link to anyone else. All other objectors or interested members of the public may
listen to the hearing by dialing 1-917-933-2166, using Conference ID: 83851271.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Class Counsel must make this Order available on the
settlement website no later than August 18, 2020.

SO ORDERED.
_________________________________
VALERIE CAPRONI
United States District Judge

Date: August 17, 2020
New York, New York

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Those objectors are Anne Bryant, Dennis Dreith, Diva Goodfriend-Koven, Frank Hosticka, Frederick
Zlotkin, Jeffrey Jones, Martin Stoner, Mitchell Holder, Olivia Koppell, Ron Wassaman, and Ross Konikoff. If any
other class member who submitted an objection wishes to speak at the hearing, they may contact Class Counsel, no
later than August 21, 2020, at 12:00 P.M., to express their desire to do so. Class Counsel shall compile the names
and email addresses of such class members and email the list to the Court, no later than 5:00 P.M. on August 21,
2020.

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