Opinion
22-CV-1953 (PGG) (OTW)
10-20-2022
PABLO MATEO SARANTE, Plaintiff, v. BOSTON ROAD HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND COMPANY, INC., et al., Defendants.
ORDER
ONA T. WANG, UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE
The Court held a Pre-Settlement Conference Call in this matter on October 20, 2022.
The parties disagree over whether their proposed settlement agreement should contain a non-disparagement clause. The parties are directed to meet and confer on whether such a non-disparagement clause - with appropriate carve-outs - is necessary in this particular settlement agreement.
Lopez v. Nights of Cabiria, LLC, 96 F.Supp.3d 170, 180 n. 65 (S.D.N.Y. 2015).
Having come so far on all of the other terms of the settlement, it is the Court's hope that the parties will be able to sign a settlement agreement that is mutually agreeable. If the non-disparagement clause proposed by Defendants in ECF 15 is not permitted as a matter of law, and the parties are not able to reach agreement on the inclusion (or not) of such a clause, then Plaintiff shall make a motion for the Court to modify the terms of the parties' settlement agreement by October 28, 2022.
Defendants' response, if any, is due November 4, 2022.
SO ORDERED.