Guglielmo v. Erno Laszlo, Inc.
- Ronnie Abrams
- 1:20-cv-05370
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In Guglielmo v. Erno Laszlo, Judge Abrams discontinued the settled action without costs and without prejudice to timely restoration.
Joseph Guglielmo, the people he sought to represent, and Erno Laszlo, Inc.; the case was closed subject to the stated deadlines for restoration, reopening, or court retention of settlement-enforcement jurisdiction.
What happened
Guglielmo v. Erno Laszlo, Inc. was brought by Joseph Guglielmo on behalf of himself and others described as similarly situated. The court was informed that the case had been settled.
The order discontinued the action without costs to either party and without prejudice to restoring it to the court’s docket within 60 days. It also set a 30-day deadline for applications to reopen the case.
Judge Ronnie Abrams directed the Clerk of Court to close the case. The order did not describe the settlement’s terms or decide the underlying claims.
The detailed version
- Guglielmo v. Erno Laszlo, Inc. · No. 1:20-cv-05370
- Ronnie Abrams
- Oct. 14, 2020
Background
Joseph Guglielmo brought this action on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated against Erno Laszlo, Inc. The opinion states that the Court was informed that the case had been settled. It does not provide the settlement’s terms or address the merits of the claims.
Order
The Court ordered that the action be discontinued without costs to any party and without prejudice to restoring the action to the Court’s docket if an application to restore it was made within 60 days. The Court separately stated that any application to reopen the action had to be filed within 30 days of the order, and that a later application could be denied solely because it was late.
If the parties wanted the Court to retain jurisdiction to enforce a settlement agreement, the agreement’s terms had to be placed on the public record and approved by the Court within the same 30-day period. Judge Ronnie Abrams also directed the Clerk of Court to close the case.
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