Leonardo v. Shades Of Green LLC ( 2022 )

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK LUCAS □□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□ Plaintiff, -v- 22 Civ. 2085 (JPC) SHADES OF GREEN LLC and JOHN PATRICK ORDER CORMICAN, : Defendants. wee KX JOHN P. CRONAN, United States District Judge: The Parties are hereby ORDERED to appear for a status conference on September 13, 2022, at 2:00 p.m. Counsel for all parties shall call (866) 434-5269, access code 9176261. The Parties should be prepared to discuss why the bifurcated settlement agreement, which entails a complete, general release of any and all claims relating to Plaintiff's employment under various federal and state laws other than the FLSA, should be approved. See, e.g., Bazile v. Asset Protection Grp. LLC, No. 18 Civ. 6820 (DLT) (SJB), 2019 WL 7985168, at *3 (E.D.N.Y. Nov. 27, 2019) (“A plaintiff who executes a FLSA settlement containing a limited release, while simultaneously executing a NYLL settlement containing a general release, has not in fact received a limited release.”); Torres v. McGowan Builders, No. 18 Civ. 6099 (RML), 2020 WL 5369056, at *3 (E.D.N.Y. Sept. 8, 2020) (denying approval of “bifurcated” settlement, memorialized in two agreements, where the non- FLSA agreement contained “several provisions that would be impermissible if included in the FLSA settlement agreement’). SO ORDERED. VtfB Dated: September 8, 2022 ° New York, New York JOHN P. CRONAN United States District Judge