Leung v. Starbucks Corporation
- Ronnie Abrams
- 1:20-cv-07440
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In Leung v. Starbucks Corporation, Judge Abrams discontinued the settled case without costs, subject to possible restoration within 30 days.
Pauline Leung and Starbucks Corporation; the case was closed after the court was informed that it had settled in principle.
What happened
Pauline Leung sued Starbucks Corporation, and the court was told that the case had settled in principle.
The court discontinued the action without costs to either party and without prejudice to restoring it to the court’s docket within 30 days. The court also closed the case.
Judge Ronnie Abrams ordered that any request to reopen the case be filed within 30 days; the parties could ask the court to retain authority to enforce a settlement only if they placed the agreement on the public record and obtained the court’s approval during that period.
The detailed version
- Leung v. Starbucks Corporation · No. 1:20-cv-07440
- Ronnie Abrams
- June 14, 2023
Background
The court was informed that Pauline Leung’s case against Starbucks Corporation had settled in principle. The opinion does not describe the underlying claims or the settlement’s terms.
Court’s Action
Judge Ronnie Abrams 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 30 days. The court stated that any application to reopen the action had to be filed within 30 days of the order, and that a later application could be denied solely because it was late.
The court also stated that, if the parties wanted the court to retain jurisdiction—the authority to oversee enforcement—to enforce a settlement agreement, the agreement’s terms had to be placed on the public record and approved by the court within the same 30-day period. The Clerk of Court was directed to close the case.
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