Opinion
20-CV-9894 (LJL) (JLC)
06-30-2021
BAKERY AND CONFECTIONERY UNION AND INDUSTRY INTERNATIONAL PENSION FUND, et al., Plaintiffs, v. ZARO BAKE SHOP, INC., et al., Defendants.
ORDER
JAMES L. COTT, UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE.
By Order of Reference dated June 30, 2021 (Dkt. No. 34), Judge Liman referred this case to me for settlement. The parties are directed to advise the Court within 30 days when they wish to schedule the settlement conference. The parties should do so by filing a letter-motion on the docket that indicates at least three dates that are mutually convenient for the parties. Alternatively, counsel are free to e-mail my deputy clerk, David Tam, at DavidTam@nysd.uscourts.gov to find a mutually convenient date for the parties and the Court. In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, any settlement conference in the foreseeable future will likely be conducted telephonically. Using the Court's conference line system, the Court will begin the settlement conference in joint session with all parties on the line before breaking into private session and speaking to the parties individually, as the technology the Court is using can facilitate breakout sessions with each side.
If the parties wish to have the Court provide a video platform (Microsoft Teams or Zoom) and not simply proceed telephonically, they may so advise the Court by letter and the Court will then schedule a conference to discuss logistics. Alternatively, if the parties wish to proceed in person, they may write to the Court requesting an in-person conference and the Court will make the appropriate arrangements, consistent with whatever rules are currently in place in the courthouse in light of the pandemic, to schedule such a conference.
SO ORDERED.