ORDER

CARLOS E. MENDOZA, District Judge.

THIS CAUSE is before the Court on the parties' Joint Motion to Approve Settlement and to Dismiss with Prejudice. ("Joint Motion," Doc. 29). United States Magistrate Judge Thomas B. Smith submitted a Report and Recommendation ("R&R," Doc. 32), in which he recommends granting the Joint Motion and approving the Settlement Agreement (Doc. 29-1). Judge Smith originally questioned two provisions in the Settlement Agreement regarding the settlement amount and whether the agreement shifted tax obligations, and he ordered the parties to address these concerns. (See Feb. 1, 2019 Order, Doc. 30, at 1). The parties filed Joint Response (Doc. 31) that sufficiently addressed Judge Smith's concerns.

After a de novo review of the record, and noting that the parties filed a Joint Notice of Non-Objection (Doc. 33), this Court agrees with the analysis in the R&R with one caveat: to the extent the Settlement Agreement purports to allow the parties to subsequently modify the Agreement, (see Doc. 29-1 at ¶ 10 ("This Agreement may not be amended, modified, altered, or changed, except by written agreement which is both signed by all parties and which makes specific reference to this Agreement")), that language will be stricken. Pursuant to Lynn's Food Stores, Inc. v. United States, 679 F.2d 1350, 1355 (11th Cir. 1982), any future modification to the Settlement Agreement is unenforceable absent judicial approval.

Therefore, it is ORDERED and ADJUDGED as follows: