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S.D.N.Y.Procedural orderFiled Jan. 26, 2023

Lawal v. Game-Set-Match, Inc.

Judge
Vyskocil
Docket
1:22-cv-08710
Court
U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
Pages
1
Civil ProcedureClass Action
In one sentence

In Lawal v. Game-Set-Match, Judge Vyskocil discontinued the action after a settlement in principle, allowing restoration by March 27, 2023.

Who this affects

Rafia Lawal, Game-Set-Match, Inc., and the putative class members represented in the action; the opinion does not describe the settlement terms or identify which class members would receive benefits.

What happened

In Lawal v. Game-Set-Match, Inc., the defendant told the court that the parties had reached a settlement in principle. The opinion does not describe the settlement’s terms.

The court discontinued the action without costs to either party and allowed it to be restored if the parties could not put their settlement in writing and applied by March 27, 2023. If no application was made by that date, the dismissal would be with prejudice.

Judge Mary Kay Vyskocil issued the order on January 26, 2023.

The detailed version

For law students, journalists, and other readers who want the full reasoning

Case
Lawal v. Game-Set-Match, Inc. · No. 1:22-cv-08710
Judge
Vyskocil
Date
Jan. 26, 2023

Background

Rafia Lawal brought the action on behalf of herself and all others similarly situated. Game-Set-Match, Inc. informed the court by letter that the parties had reached a settlement in principle. The opinion does not provide the settlement’s terms.

Court’s Action

The court ordered that the action be discontinued without costs to any party and without prejudice to restoring it to the court’s calendar. Restoration was permitted if the parties were unable to memorialize their settlement in writing and an application to restore the action was made by March 27, 2023. The order states that if no application was made by that date, the dismissal would be with prejudice.

Result

The court discontinued the action under those conditions. Judge Mary Kay Vyskocil signed the order.

The authoritative version

Read the full 1-page opinion on CourtListener, the free public archive maintained by the Free Law Project.

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