Rosa v. 68th Grill Inc.
- Lewis Liman
- 1:22-cv-01823
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In Rosa v. 68th Grill, Judge Liman rescheduled the settlement-review conference and ordered the parties to submit their agreement for approval.
Juan Aguilar Rosa, the defendants, and the parties’ settlement-review process were affected. The court required the parties to submit the settlement agreement and fairness explanation before the rescheduled conference.
What happened
In Rosa v. 68th Grill Inc., the court was told that the parties had reached a settlement in principle, but they had not submitted the settlement agreement for the court to review.
The court rescheduled the initial conference from August 8, 2022, to August 16, 2022, at 3:00 p.m. The court said the conference would be used to examine the settlement, including any proposed attorney-fee award, if the agreement were submitted.
Judge Lewis J. Liman ordered the parties to submit the settlement agreement before the rescheduled conference, together with an explanation of why the agreement was fair and reasonable. The order did not approve the settlement.
The detailed version
- Rosa v. 68th Grill Inc. · No. 1:22-cv-01823
- Lewis Liman
- Aug. 5, 2022
Background
The court was informed that the parties had reached a settlement in principle. The court had previously postponed the initial pretrial conference to August 8, 2022, and had stated that, if the parties filed a settlement agreement before that conference, the conference would be treated as a hearing to review the settlement. That review would include any proposed award of attorney fees and would examine whether the settlement was fair.
The parties had not submitted the settlement agreement for court approval.
Order
The court rescheduled the conference from August 8, 2022, to August 16, 2022, at 3:00 p.m. The parties were directed to submit the settlement agreement before that conference, along with an explanation of why the agreement was fair and reasonable.
The order did not approve or reject the settlement.
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