Henao v. Parts Authority, LLC
- Lorna Schofield
- 1:19-cv-10720
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In Henao v. Parts Authority, LLC, Judge Schofield ordered plaintiffs’ counsel to submit billing records before deciding whether to approve the remaining plaintiffs’ wage-law settlement.
Plaintiffs’ counsel must provide the ordered billing records; the proposed settlement for the remaining plaintiffs had not yet been approved in this order.
What happened
In Henao v. Parts Authority, LLC, the parties asked the court to approve a proposed settlement for the plaintiffs who remained in the case.
Because the settlement included attorneys’ fees and costs, the court said it had to evaluate whether those amounts were reasonable. The opinion did not approve or reject the settlement at this stage.
Judge Lorna G. Schofield ordered plaintiffs’ counsel to file billing records by March 18, 2022. The records must list each attorney’s dates, hours worked, and work performed.
The detailed version
- Henao v. Parts Authority, LLC · No. 1:19-cv-10720
- Lorna Schofield
- Mar. 11, 2022
Background
On March 3, 2022, the parties filed a letter motion asking the court to approve a proposed settlement for the remaining plaintiffs in the action. The opinion identifies the settlement as involving claims under the Fair Labor Standards Act, a federal wage-and-hour law, and states that the settlement included attorneys’ fees and costs.
Court’s analysis
The court explained that when a Fair Labor Standards Act settlement provides for attorneys’ fees and costs, the court must evaluate whether those fees and costs are reasonable. The opinion cited Fisher v. SD Prot. Inc., 948 F.3d 493 (2d Cir. 2020).
Ruling
Judge Lorna G. Schofield ordered plaintiffs’ counsel to file billing records by March 18, 2022, in support of the settlement-approval motion. The records must document, for each attorney, the date, hours expended, and nature of the work performed. The order does not state that the court approved or rejected the proposed settlement.
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