Jones v. Santa Rosa Consulting, Inc.
- Sarah Netburn
- 1:18-cv-11005
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In Jones v. Santa Rosa Consulting, Judge Netburn ordered the parties to publicly submit their proposed Fair Labor Standards Act settlement for fairness review.
The parties to the Fair Labor Standards Act case—Karen Jones and Santa Rosa Consulting, Inc.—were required to submit their proposed settlement materials for court review.
What happened
Karen Jones and Santa Rosa Consulting, Inc. reached an agreement in principle during a settlement conference facilitated by the court on January 27, 2020. The parties then consented to the court’s jurisdiction to review whether their Fair Labor Standards Act settlement was fair.
The court instructed the parties to file the settlement agreement and a short letter explaining why it should be approved by March 2, 2020. The documents were to be filed publicly unless a party established a legal basis for sealing them.
Judge Sarah Netburn issued the order on February 24, 2020. The order directed the parties to submit the materials but did not state that the settlement had been approved.
The detailed version
- Jones v. Santa Rosa Consulting, Inc. · No. 1:18-cv-11005
- Sarah Netburn
- Feb. 24, 2020
Background
The parties reached an agreement in principle at a settlement conference facilitated by the court on January 27, 2020. On January 28, 2020, they consented to the court’s jurisdiction for the limited purpose of reviewing the fairness of their settlement under the Fair Labor Standards Act, a federal law governing wages and working conditions.
Order
The court instructed the parties to submit the settlement agreement and a short cover letter explaining why the court should approve the settlement no later than March 2, 2020. The order required the agreement and letter to be filed publicly through the court’s electronic filing system unless a party could establish a basis for sealing them under the standard stated in Lugosch v. Pyramid Co. of Onondaga.
Disposition
The order directed the parties to submit the settlement materials for fairness review. It did not approve or reject the settlement and did not decide the underlying claims. Judge Sarah Netburn signed the order.
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