Juarez Cristino v. Duke Ellington Gourmet Corp.
- James Cott
- 1:20-cv-07546
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In Juarez Cristino v. Duke Ellington Gourmet Corp., Judge Cott directed the parties to seek approval of their reported settlement.
The parties to the case, including Juarez Cristino and Duke Ellington Gourmet Corp., were directed to submit a joint request for approval of their settlement.
What happened
In Juarez Cristino v. Duke Ellington Gourmet Corp., the court noted that the parties had reached a settlement on all issues after mediation.
The court directed the parties to file a joint motion and their settlement agreement by July 31, 2023. The motion must explain why the settlement is fair and reasonable and complies with applicable Second Circuit requirements.
Judge James L. Cott did not approve the settlement in this order; he provided guidance on settlement terms and directed the parties to request court approval.
The detailed version
- Juarez Cristino v. Duke Ellington Gourmet Corp. · No. 1:20-cv-07546
- James Cott
- June 30, 2023
Background
The docket showed that the parties participated in mediation on June 28, 2023, and reached a settlement resolving all issues.
Order
The court directed the parties to file a joint letter motion with their settlement agreement by July 31, 2023. The motion must explain why the proposed settlement is fair and reasonable and otherwise complies with the Second Circuit’s requirements for approving settlements in wage-and-hour cases.
The court also referred the parties to several of its prior rulings for guidance about potentially permissible and impermissible settlement provisions, including restrictions on discussing or publicizing the settlement, reemployment provisions, releases, confidentiality, and mutual non-disparagement terms. It identified several other cases as examples of settlement papers the court had recently approved.
Disposition
The order directed the parties to request court approval of their settlement. It did not itself approve the settlement or enter a final judgment.
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