Protests 955287-G of American Import Co.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that “an agreement settling an FLSA claim that is submitted for court approval is indisputably” a court record
• finding that fear of copycat lawsuits or embarrassing inquiries are too speculative to overcome the presumption of public access
• noting that documentation included “contemporaneous billing records documenting, for each attorney, the date, the hours expended, and the nature of the work done”
• noting that unsupervised settlement is prohibited for fear that employers would coerce employees into waiving or settling their claims
• explaining that to enable the Court to evaluate the reasonableness of the proposed fees, counsel must submit evidence supporting their requested fees including, for example, billing records
• explaining the common law right of public access as it relates to settlement agreements in FLSA cases

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).