Balbuena Rueda v. 980 Columbus Food Corp.
- Sarah Netburn
- 1:22-cv-09587
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In Balbuena Rueda v. 980 Columbus Food Corp., Judge Netburn required plaintiffs’ counsel to disclose any settlement-based attorneys’ fees by September 4, 2024.
Plaintiffs’ counsel must provide the court with information about any attorneys’ fees to be paid from the proposed settlement.
What happened
Balbuena Rueda v. 980 Columbus Food Corp. is a Fair Labor Standards Act case in which the parties submitted a proposed settlement for court review.
The court explained that this review includes checking whether the attorneys’ fees and costs are reasonable. The proposed agreement did not state the agreed attorneys’ fee amount.
Judge Sarah Netburn ordered plaintiffs’ counsel to file a letter by September 4, 2024, stating whether counsel would receive fees from the settlement and, if so, how much.
The detailed version
- Balbuena Rueda v. 980 Columbus Food Corp. · No. 1:22-cv-09587
- Sarah Netburn
- Aug. 29, 2024
Background
The case is brought under the Fair Labor Standards Act. The parties submitted a proposed settlement agreement for the court’s review. The opinion cites the requirement that courts review these settlements for fairness, including the reasonableness of attorneys’ fees and costs.
Issue
The proposed settlement agreement did not state the amount of attorneys’ fees agreed upon by the parties. Without that information, the court could not complete its review of the fee arrangement.
Order
The court ordered plaintiffs’ counsel to file a letter by September 4, 2024, stating whether counsel would recover attorneys’ fees from the settlement agreement and, if so, identifying the amount. The order does not state that the settlement was approved or rejected.
Read the full 1-page opinion on CourtListener, the free public archive maintained by the Free Law Project.