UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT ELECTRONICALLY FILED SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK DOC #: nsec ccs ncaa cans aaa acacia sass saan sooo DATE FILED:_ 8/27/2020 PILAR SALAS, : Plaintiff, : : 19-cv-11007 (LJL) -V- : : ORDER 124 STREET MARKET, INC., et al., : Defendants. :

LEWIS J. LIMAN, United States District Judge: The Court is in receipt of a letter from the parties in this action, brought pursuant to the Fair Labor Standards Act,

et seq., advising that the parties have reached a settlement in principle. See Dkt. No. 51. Under current Second Circuit law, any settlement—including any proposed attorney’s fee award—must scrutinized by the Court to ensure that it is fair. See Fisher v. SD Protection Inc.,

(2d. Cir. 2020); Cheeks v. Freeport Pancake House, Inc.,

(2d Cir. 2015). Accordingly, it is hereby ORDERED that, on or before September 24, 2020, the parties must submit the settlement agreement to the Court along with a joint letter explaining the basis for the proposed settlement and why it should be approved as fair and reasonable, with reference to the factors discussed in Wolinsky v. Scholastic, Inc.,

(S.D.N.Y. 2012). The letter should address any confidentiality non-disparagement provisions, or releases in the proposed settlement agreement. The letter should also address, if applicable, any incentive payments to the plaintiff and any attorney’s fee award to plaintiffs counsel (with documentation to support the latter, if appropriate) consistent with the principles set forth in

. It is not sufficient to state the proportion of the requested attorney’s fee to the overall settlement amount. Rather, the reasonableness of attorney’s fees must be evaluated with reference to “adequate documentation supporting the attorneys’ fees and costs,” which “should normally [include] contemporaneous records indicating, for each attorney, the date, the hours expended, and the nature of the work done.” □□□□ see Strauss v. Little Fish Corp.,

, at *9 (S.D.N.Y. July 17, 2020) (LJL) (discussing the for adequately justifying an attorney’s fee). Failure to provide the appropriate or sufficient documentation could result in the Court rejecting the proposed fee award.

SO ORDERED. ae * Dated: August 27, 2020 wl MR New York, New York LEWIS J. LIMAN United States District Judge