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Exhibit PX17 — In re Bank of America California Unemployment Benefits Litigation (Dkt. 634-18, S.D. Cal. No. 3:21-md-02992)

Filed January 9, 2026 in In re Bank of America California Unemployment Benefits Litigation; one of 1415 filings from this case.

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CourtU.S. District Court for the Southern District of California
Filed2026-01-09

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California · No. 3:21-md-02992-GPC-MSB · Doc. 634-18 · 2026-01-09 · Docket on CourtListener

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              UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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            SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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  IN RE BANK OF AMERICA        )
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  CALIFORNIA UNEMPLOYMENT      )No. 3:21-02992-md-LAB-MSB
  BENEFITS LITIGATION,         )
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  This document relates to all )
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  actions.                     )
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        VIDEOTAPED DEPOSITION OF JENNIFER LENNON
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         30(B)(6) ON BEHALF OF BANK OF AMERICA
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                Los Angeles, California
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               Friday, February 23, 2024
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                        Volume I
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  Stenographically Reported By:
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  Melissa M. Villagran, RPR
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  CSR No. 12543
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  Job No. 6459992
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  PAGES 1 - 326
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         Videotaped deposition of JENNIFER LENNON,
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  Volume I, taken on behalf of Plaintiffs at 601 South
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  Figueroa Street, 41st Floor, Los Angeles,
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  California, beginning at 9:22 a.m. and ending at
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  6:02 p.m. on Friday, February 23, 2024, before
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  Melissa M. Villagran, RPR, Certified Shorthand
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  Reporter No. 12543.
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   Los Angeles, California; Friday, February 23, 2024
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                       9:22 a.m.
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         THE VIDEOGRAPHER:  We are on the record at
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  9:22 a.m. on February 23, 2024.                        09:22:43
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         Please note that the microphones are
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  sensitive and may pick up whispers, private
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  conversations, and cellular interference.
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         Audio and video recording will continue to
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  take place unless all parties agree to go off the      09:23:00
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  record.
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         This is Media Unit No. 1 of the
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  video-recorded 30(b)(6) deposition of defendant Bank
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  of America, N.A., regarding certain topics through
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  Jennifer Lennon, taken by counsel for the plaintiffs   09:23:16
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  In Re Bank of America California Unemployment
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  Benefits Litigation filed in the United States
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  District Court for the Southern District of
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  California, Case No. 3:21-MD-02992-LAB-MSB.
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         This deposition is being held at Goodwin        09:23:43
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  Procter located at 601 South Figueroa Street,
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  Los Angeles, California 90017.
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         My name is Steven Togami from the firm
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  Veritext Legal Solutions, and I am the videographer.
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  The court reporter is Melissa Villagran from the       09:24:01
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  firm Veritext Legal Solutions.
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         I am not related to any party in this action
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  nor am I financially interested in the outcome.
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         If there are any objections to proceeding,
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  please state them at the time of your appearance.      09:24:15
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         At this time, will counsel and all present
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  please state their appearances and affiliations for
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  the record, starting with the noticing party.
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         MR. DANITZ:  Good morning.
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         Brian Danitz of Cotchett Pitre & McCarthy for   09:24:33
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  the plaintiffs.
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         MS. CHAN:  Connie Chan of Altshuler Berzon
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  LLP for the class plaintiffs.
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         MR. RIFFEE:  Good morning.
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         Matt Riffee of Goodwin Procter for Bank of      09:24:40
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  America.
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         THE VIDEOGRAPHER:  Thank you.
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         Counsel on Zoom, could you please state your
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  appearance.
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         MR. SHAY:  Yes.  Good morning.                  09:24:51
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         Daniel Shay representing the individual
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  plaintiffs.  We've also got Joshua Swigart.  He may
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  or may not be on the line, but he's here as well.
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  And then Ilana -- I forget how to say her last name,
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  but she's here as well for the individual              09:25:04
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  plaintiffs.
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         MS. MCCORKLE:  Good morning.
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         You also have Virginia Selden McCorkle from
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  Goodwin on behalf of the defendant.
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         THE VIDEOGRAPHER:  Thank you.                   09:25:19
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         Can we please have the oath.
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         COURT REPORTER:  Please raise your right
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  hand.
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         Do you solemnly swear that the testimony you
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  are about to give will be the truth, the whole
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  truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you God?
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         THE DEPONENT:  I do.
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                    JENNIFER LENNON,
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  having been administered an oath, was examined and
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  testified as follows:
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                      EXAMINATION
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  BY MR. DANITZ:
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     Q   Good morning, Ms. Lennon.                       09:25:36
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     A   Good morning.
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     Q   Please state and spell your name for the
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  record.
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     A   Jennifer Lennon, J-e-n-n-i-f-e-r,
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  L-e-n-n-o-n.                                           09:25:48
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     Q   Thank you.
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         And you're an employee of Bank of America?
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     A   Yes.
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     Q   And what is your current title?
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     A   Senior vice president, product and state        09:25:55
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  liaison.
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     Q   Thank you.
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         And you've been designated as a corporate
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  representative for purposes of this deposition; is
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  that correct?                                          09:26:06
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     A   That's correct.
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     Q   All right.  Let's -- I'll show you the
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  exhibit premarked as 128.
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         (Exhibit 128 was marked for
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         identification and is attached                  09:26:17
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         hereto.)
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  BY MR. DANITZ:
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     Q   Take a look at that.
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         Exhibit 128 is the Revised Notice of
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  Deposition of Defendant Bank of America.               09:26:23
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         Have you seen this document?
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     A   I have.
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     Q   Thank you.
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         And you've been designated as the corporate
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  representative on a number of topics that are in       09:26:39
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           I, the undersigned, a Certified Shorthand
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  Reporter of the State of California, Registered
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  Professional Reporter, Certified Live Note Reporter,
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  do hereby certify:
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           That the foregoing proceedings were taken
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  before me at the time and place herein set forth;
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  that any witnesses in the foregoing proceedings,
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  prior to testifying, were duly sworn; that a record
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  of the proceedings was made by me using machine
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  shorthand which was thereafter transcribed under my
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  direction; that the foregoing transcript is a true
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  record of the testimony given.
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           Further, that if the foregoing pertains to
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  the original transcript of a deposition in a Federal
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  Case, before completion of the proceedings, review
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  of the transcript [  ] was [X] was not requested.
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           I further certify I am neither financially
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  interested in the action nor a relative or employee
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  of any attorney or party to this action.
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           IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have this date
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  subscribed my name.
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  Dated: March 1, 2024
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                 MELISSA M. VILLAGRAN
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                  CSR No. 12543 RPR
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In re Bank of America California Unemployment Benefits Litigation 
Case No. 3:21-MD-02992-LAB-MSB 
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In accordance with the Rules of Civil Procedure, I have read the entire transcript of my 
testimony or it has been read to me. I have listed my changes on the above Errata Sheet, listing 
page and line numbers. I request that these changes be entered as pait of the record of my 
testimony, and request and authorize that this Errata Sheet be appended to the transcript of my 
testimony and be incorporated therein .. 
Executed this 1st day of April, 2024. CJ1--
Jennifer Le1mon 
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