Envivo, LLC v. Entertainment Studios Media Holdings, Inc.
- Ronnie Abrams
- 1:23-cv-03284
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In Envivo v. Entertainment Studios, Judge Abrams discontinued the settled-in-principle case without costs and without prejudice to timely restoration.
Envivo, LLC; Entertainment Studios Media Holdings, Inc.; Entertainment Studios Digital Media, LLC; and Does 1–10. The action was closed, subject to a possible application to restore it within 45 days.
What happened
In Envivo, LLC v. Entertainment Studios Media Holdings, Inc., the court was told that the parties had settled the case in principle. The opinion does not describe the underlying dispute.
The court discontinued the action without costs to any party. It allowed either party to seek restoration to the docket within 45 days, and directed the Clerk of Court to close the case.
Judge Ronnie Abrams also stated that any request for the court to retain authority to enforce a settlement had to place the settlement terms on the public record and receive the court’s approval within that same 45-day period.
The detailed version
- Envivo, LLC v. Entertainment Studios Media Holdings, Inc. · No. 1:23-cv-03284
- Ronnie Abrams
- June 2, 2023
Background
The case was brought by Envivo, LLC against Entertainment Studios Media Holdings, Inc., Entertainment Studios Digital Media, LLC, both doing business as thegrio.com, and Does 1–10. The court was informed that the case had been settled in principle. The opinion does not state the dispute’s underlying claims or the settlement’s terms.
Ruling
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 45 days. The court stated that an application to reopen filed after that period might be denied solely because it was late.
The court further stated that, if the parties wanted it to retain authority to enforce the settlement agreement, the agreement’s terms had to be placed on the public record and approved by the court within the same 45-day period. The Clerk of Court was directed to close the case.
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