Bonetti v. Embarq Management Co.

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• finding that when attorney’s fee issue is “addressed independently and seriatim, there is no reason to assume that the lawyer’s fee has influenced the reasonableness of the plaintiff’s settlement”
• finding that when attorney’s fee issue is “addressed independently and seriatim, there is no reason to assume that the lawyer’s fee has influenced the reasonableness of the plaintiff’s settlement”
• finding that when attorneys’ fee issue is “addressed independently and seriatim, there is no reason to assume that the lawyer’s fee has influenced the reasonableness of the plaintiff’s settlement”
• providing that reasonableness may be demonstrated by the parties’ representation that they agreed to the fee amount separately and without regard to the sum paid to settle the plaintiff’s FLSA claim
• discussing the need for such representation by the parties on the record before approving FLSA settlements
• finding that the Court must consider the reasonableness of attorney’s fees when a “settlement does not appear reasonable on its face or there is reason to believe that the plaintiff’s recovery was adversely affected by the amount of fees paid to his attorney”

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