Filed: Dec. 18, 2019
Latest Update: Dec. 18, 2019
Summary: ORDER APPROVING SETTLEMENT PAUL E. DAVISON , District Judge . By letter dated December 9, 2019, the parties seek approval, pursuant to Cheeks v. Freeport Pancake House, Inc. , 796 F.3d 199 (2d Cir. 2015), of their settlement of plaintiff's Fair Labor Standards Act ("FLSA") claims. [Dkt. 74.] Because this Court possesses limited familiarity with the issues in this case, the Court convened a hearing on December 18, 2019, whereupon counsel were directed to elaborate on the litigation risks
Summary: ORDER APPROVING SETTLEMENT PAUL E. DAVISON , District Judge . By letter dated December 9, 2019, the parties seek approval, pursuant to Cheeks v. Freeport Pancake House, Inc. , 796 F.3d 199 (2d Cir. 2015), of their settlement of plaintiff's Fair Labor Standards Act ("FLSA") claims. [Dkt. 74.] Because this Court possesses limited familiarity with the issues in this case, the Court convened a hearing on December 18, 2019, whereupon counsel were directed to elaborate on the litigation risks ..
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ORDER APPROVING SETTLEMENT
PAUL E. DAVISON, District Judge.
By letter dated December 9, 2019, the parties seek approval, pursuant to Cheeks v. Freeport Pancake House, Inc., 796 F.3d 199 (2d Cir. 2015), of their settlement of plaintiff's Fair Labor Standards Act ("FLSA") claims. [Dkt. 74.] Because this Court possesses limited familiarity with the issues in this case, the Court convened a hearing on December 18, 2019, whereupon counsel were directed to elaborate on the litigation risks which motivated the compromise embodied in the parties' settlement.
Having reviewed the settlement agreement, and considered the representations of counsel, the Court is now satisfied that the settlement agreement is fair and reasonable.
Accordingly, the settlement agreement is APPROVED. This case is DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE.
