Michele Metcalf v. Transperfect Global Inc.

Filing 285

ORDER terminating 272 Letter Motion for Discovery; terminating 273 Letter Motion for Discovery. The parties shall jointly design and distribute a survey of those employees and former employees who fall within the proposed class - as narrowed by the Court's Report and Recommendation issued on November 6, 2023 - in an effort to determine hours worked during the relevant time period. The parties shall submit a proposed survey to the Court by Wednesday, December 13, 2023, alon g with a letter outlining the parties' proposed methodology for distributing the survey and collecting responses. To the extent the parties disagree as to what to include in the survey and/or the methodology for distributing the survey and co llecting responses, the parties shall succinctly outline such disputes in their letter. Moreover, the Court agrees with Plaintiffs that a protective order is likely necessary in connection with the survey. The parties shall meet and confer in an effort to reach an agreement as to a proposed protective order. To the extent they cannot reach agreement, they shall state their positions as to the protective order in their December 13 letter. If the parties agree on a protective order, t hey shall submit one contemporaneously with the December 13 letter for the Court to so-order. The parties' December 13 letter shall not exceed 10 pages in length and shall succinctly state any disputes without providing a blow-by-blow of th e parties' meet-and-confer process. A Case Management Conference is scheduled on Thursday, January 4, 2024 at 2:30 p.m. in Courtroom 17-D, U.S. Courthouse, 500 Pearl Street, New York NY to discuss any disputes regarding the survey and protec tive order. The parties shall meet and confer in good faith in an effort to narrow any disputes to the greatest extent possible in advance of the conference. In the event the parties have no disputes to discuss at the January 4 Conference, they sh ould write to the Court by December 29, 2023 requesting that the conference be adjourned. The Clerk of the Court is directed to terminate the motions at ECF Nos. 272 and 273. SO ORDERED. (Signed by Magistrate Judge Katharine H. Parker on 11/13/2023) (vfr)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
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MICHELE METCALF and HANNAH
LAWSON, individually and on behalf of all
others similarly situated,
Plaintiffs,
-against-

11/13/2023

ORDER
19-CV-10104 (ER) (KHP)

TRANSPERFECT TRANSLATIONS
INTERNATIONAL INC.,
Defendant.
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KATHARINE H. PARKER, UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE
The parties shall jointly design and distribute a survey of those employees and former
employees who fall within the proposed class – as narrowed by the Court’s Report and
Recommendation issued on November 6, 2023 – in an effort to determine hours worked during
the relevant time period.
The parties shall submit a proposed survey to the Court by Wednesday, December 13,
2023, along with a letter outlining the parties’ proposed methodology for distributing the
survey and collecting responses. To the extent the parties disagree as to what to include in the
survey and/or the methodology for distributing the survey and collecting responses, the parties
shall succinctly outline such disputes in their letter.
Moreover, the Court agrees with Plaintiffs that a protective order is likely necessary in
connection with the survey. The parties shall meet and confer in an effort to reach an
agreement as to a proposed protective order. To the extent they cannot reach agreement, they
shall state their positions as to the protective order in their December 13 letter. If the parties

agree on a protective order, they shall submit one contemporaneously with the December 13
letter for the Court to so-order.
The parties’ December 13 letter shall not exceed 10 pages in length and shall succinctly
state any disputes without providing a blow-by-blow of the parties’ meet-and-confer process.
A Case Management Conference is scheduled on Thursday, January 4, 2024 at 2:30 p.m.
in Courtroom 17-D, U.S. Courthouse, 500 Pearl Street, New York NY to discuss any disputes
regarding the survey and protective order. The parties shall meet and confer in good faith in an
effort to narrow any disputes to the greatest extent possible in advance of the conference. In
the event the parties have no disputes to discuss at the January 4 Conference, they should
write to the Court by December 29, 2023 requesting that the conference be adjourned.
The Clerk of the Court is directed to terminate the motions at ECF Nos. 272 and 273.
SO ORDERED.
Dated: November 13, 2023
New York, New York

______________________________
KATHARINE H. PARKER
United States Magistrate Judge

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