Park v. Hanpool, Inc.
- Sarah Cave
- 1:23-cv-11309
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In Park v. Hanpool, Magistrate Judge Cave ordered plaintiffs’ counsel to submit missing settlement-related documents and translation proof by May 9, 2025.
Plaintiffs’ counsel must provide the requested retainer agreement, if any, and translation declaration concerning the plaintiffs.
What happened
In Park v. Hanpool, Inc., the parties asked the court to approve their settlement and submitted a settlement agreement. The agreement said it had been translated into Spanish and Korean for plaintiffs, depending on each plaintiff’s primary language.
The parties’ motion referred to a separate retainer agreement, but the court could not find that agreement in the record. The settlement agreement also did not say that the retainer agreement had been translated into each plaintiff’s primary language.
Magistrate Judge Sarah L. Cave ordered plaintiffs’ counsel to file any retainer agreement and a declaration confirming that it was translated into each plaintiff’s primary language before it was signed. The filing was due Friday, May 9, 2025.
The detailed version
- Park v. Hanpool, Inc. · No. 1:23-cv-11309
- Sarah Cave
- May 2, 2025
Background
The court received the parties’ letter-motion seeking settlement approval and the accompanying “Settlement Agreement and Release.” The motion referred to a retainer agreement with the plaintiffs, but the court could not locate that agreement in the record.
The settlement agreement stated that it had been translated into Spanish and Korean, depending on each plaintiff’s primary language. It did not make the same representation about the retainer agreement.
Order
Judge Sarah L. Cave ordered plaintiffs’ counsel to file, by Friday, May 9, 2025, a copy of any retainer agreement and a declaration stating that the agreement was translated into each plaintiff’s primary language before execution. The opinion is an order for supplemental settlement materials; it does not state that the court approved or rejected the settlement.
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