Villanueva v. New HDM, Inc.
- Katharine Parker
- 1:20-cv-05402
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In Villanueva v. New HDM, Judge Parker ordered the parties to submit their all-issues settlement for Fair Labor Standards Act fairness review.
The parties to the litigation, including Maria Jovita Villanueva and the defendants.
What happened
In Villanueva v. New HDM, Inc., a mediator reported that the parties had reached a settlement covering all issues in the case.
The court directed the parties to file the settlement on the electronic docket by February 26, 2021.
Judge Parker said the court would review the settlement for fairness under the Fair Labor Standards Act.
The detailed version
- Villanueva v. New HDM, Inc. · No. 1:20-cv-05402
- Katharine Parker
- Feb. 3, 2021
Background
The court received the mediator’s final report stating that the parties had reached a settlement resolving all issues in the litigation.
Court’s Action
The court directed the parties to submit the settlement on the electronic docket by Friday, February 26, 2021. The court stated that it would review the settlement under the Second Circuit’s decision in Cheeks v. Freeport Pancake House, Inc., which requires judicial fairness review of settlements under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
Disposition
The court ordered submission of the settlement for review. The opinion does not state that the court approved or rejected the settlement.
Read the full 1-page opinion on CourtListener, the free public archive maintained by the Free Law Project.