Watson Music Group, LLC. v. SportsGrid, Inc.
- Valerie Caproni
- 1:23-cv-04555
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In Watson Music Group v. SportsGrid, Judge Caproni dismissed the settled case with prejudice and without costs.
Watson Music Group, LLC. and SportsGrid, Inc.; the case was closed after the parties reported an agreement in principle.
What happened
Watson Music Group, LLC. v. SportsGrid, Inc. ended after the parties told the court they had reached an agreement in principle resolving all issues.
The court canceled the scheduled conferences and deadlines, dismissed the case with prejudice, and ordered that neither party pay costs or attorneys’ fees. The parties may ask to reopen the case within 30 days if they show good cause.
Judge Valerie Caproni also explained that the parties could ask the court to retain authority to enforce their settlement if they timely submitted the settlement agreement and a request for that authority.
The detailed version
- Watson Music Group, LLC. v. SportsGrid, Inc. · No. 1:23-cv-04555
- Valerie Caproni
- June 21, 2023
Background
Watson Music Group, LLC., doing business as QuadraSound Music, sued SportsGrid, Inc., doing business as The Early Line and Fantasy BFF’s. On June 16, 2023, the parties notified the court that they had reached an agreement in principle resolving all issues.
Court’s Order
The court canceled all previously scheduled conferences and other deadlines. It dismissed the case with prejudice and without costs, including attorneys’ fees, to either party. The Clerk of Court was directed to terminate all open motions and close the case.
The parties were allowed to apply to reopen the case within 30 days. Any such application had to show good cause for keeping the case open despite the settlement. The court stated that a request filed after 30 days or without a showing of good cause could be denied on that basis alone.
The court also stated that, if the parties wanted it to retain jurisdiction—that is, authority to enforce their settlement agreement—they had to submit the agreement and request an order expressly retaining that authority within the same 30-day period.
Disposition
Judge Valerie Caproni dismissed the case with prejudice and without costs to either party, canceled the pending schedule, directed that the case be closed, and provided procedures for reopening the case or requesting authority to enforce the settlement.
Read the full 2-page opinion on CourtListener, the free public archive maintained by the Free Law Project.