Daneshrad v. Moses & Singer LLP
- Vyskocil
- 1:23-cv-11056
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In Daneshrad v. Moses & Singer LLP, Judge Vyskocil discontinued the case after a settlement in principle, allowing restoration by June 2, 2024, under stated conditions.
Megan Daneshrad, the defendants Moses & Singer LLP, Dean Swagert, David Lackowitz, Paul Roder, and Philippe Zimmerman, and the female employees Daneshrad sought to represent.
What happened
In Daneshrad v. Moses & Singer LLP, Megan Daneshrad told the court that the parties had reached a settlement in principle. The opinion does not describe the claims or the settlement terms.
The court discontinued the case without costs to any party. The case could be restored if the parties could not put their settlement in writing, but an application to restore it had to be made by June 2, 2024. If no application was made by that date, the dismissal would be with prejudice.
Judge Mary Kay Vyskocil also directed the Clerk of Court to terminate the letter motion filed at ECF No. 16.
The detailed version
- Daneshrad v. Moses & Singer LLP · No. 1:23-cv-11056
- Vyskocil
- May 2, 2024
Background
Megan Daneshrad sued Moses & Singer LLP, Dean Swagert, David Lackowitz, Paul Roder, and Philippe Zimmerman, individually and on behalf of similarly situated female employees. The court received a letter from Daneshrad stating that the parties had reached a settlement in principle. The opinion does not state the claims asserted or the terms of the proposed settlement.
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 calendar if the parties were unable to memorialize their settlement in writing. Any application to restore the action had to be made by June 2, 2024. The order further stated that if no application was made by that date, the dismissal of the action would be with prejudice.
The court directed the Clerk of Court to terminate the letter motion at ECF No. 16.
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