Guglielmo v. Veja North America Inc.
- Valerie Caproni
- 1:19-cv-11498
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In Guglielmo v. Veja, Judge Caproni dismissed the settled case with prejudice and without costs.
The parties to the case, including Joseph Guglielmo and Veja North America Inc.; the opinion does not state the settlement’s effect on other similarly situated people.
What happened
In Guglielmo v. Veja North America Inc., the parties told the court they had reached an agreement in principle resolving all issues.
The court canceled all scheduled conferences and deadlines, dismissed the case with prejudice and without costs, including attorneys’ fees, and closed the case. The parties could ask to reopen it within 30 days by showing good cause.
Judge Valerie Caproni also explained that the court could retain authority to enforce the settlement only if the parties timely submitted the agreement and requested that authority.
The detailed version
- Guglielmo v. Veja North America Inc. · No. 1:19-cv-11498
- Valerie Caproni
- Apr. 13, 2020
Background
Joseph Guglielmo brought the case on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated against Veja North America Inc. On April 13, 2020, the parties notified the court that they had reached an agreement in principle resolving all issues.
Ruling
The court ordered that all previously scheduled conferences and other deadlines were canceled. It dismissed the case with prejudice and without costs, including attorneys’ fees, to either party. The Clerk of Court was directed to terminate all open motions and close the case.
The parties were allowed to apply to reopen the case within 30 days. Any such application had to show good cause for keeping the case open in light of the settlement. The court stated that it could retain jurisdiction—authority to enforce the settlement—only if, within that same 30-day period, the parties submitted their settlement agreement and requested an order expressly retaining jurisdiction to enforce it.
Disposition
Judge Valerie Caproni dismissed the case with prejudice and without costs and closed it, while allowing a timely, good-cause request to reopen and a timely request for the court to retain authority to enforce the settlement.
Read the full 2-page opinion on CourtListener, the free public archive maintained by the Free Law Project.