Morales v. Tap House LLC
- Lorna Schofield
- 1:20-cv-04511
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In Morales v. Tap House LLC, Judge Schofield required settlement materials and canceled pending deadlines and conferences.
The parties and their counsel were required to submit settlement-approval materials; pending conferences and deadlines were canceled.
What happened
In Morales v. Tap House LLC, the court was told that the parties had reached a settlement in principle.
The court ordered the parties to file the settlement agreement and a joint letter with evidence supporting approval of the settlement as fair and reasonable by September 23, 2020. The letter must include counsel’s detailed time and expense breakdown if attorneys’ fees and expenses are requested.
Judge Schofield also canceled all pending conferences and deadlines; the order did not approve the settlement or decide the underlying claims.
The detailed version
- Morales v. Tap House LLC · No. 1:20-cv-04511
- Lorna Schofield
- Aug. 24, 2020
Background
The court was informed that the parties had reached a settlement in principle. The opinion does not describe the underlying claims or the settlement’s terms.
Order
The court ordered the parties to file by September 23, 2020: (1) the settlement agreement and (2) a joint letter with supporting evidence addressing the findings needed for the court to approve the settlement as fair and reasonable. The court cited decisions describing the factors used to evaluate proposed settlements. If counsel sought attorneys’ fees and expenses, the joint letter also had to include a detailed breakdown of counsel’s time and expenses.
The court further ordered that any pending conferences and deadlines were canceled. The order did not state that the settlement was approved and did not decide the merits of the underlying claims.
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