Quad/Graphics, Inc. v. Tag Worldwide (USA) Inc.

Filing 60

ORDER: A settlement conference is scheduled before Magistrate Judge Henry J. Ricardo on January 6, 2025, at 10:00 a.m., in Courtroom 21-D at 500 Pearl Street, New York, New York 10007. The parties are directed to review and comply with the Procedure s for All Cases Referred for Settlement to Magistrate Judge Henry J. Ricardo (the "Procedures"), available at https://nysd.uscourts.gov/hon-henry-j-ricardo. No later than five (5) business days before the conference, the parties shall subm it the attached Acknowledgement Form to [e-mail], copying all counsel or pro se litigants if they are unrepresented. No later than five (5) business days before the conference, counsel for each party must send the pa rty's Ex Parte Settlement Letter, marked "Confidential Material for Use Only at Settlement Conference" to [e-mail]. This letter should not be sent to the other parties. The letter should include, at a minimum, the information described in paragraph 3 of the Procedures. The parties should exchange their initial settlement demands and responses in advance of their Ex Parte Settlement Letter submissions. (Settlement Conference set for 1/6/2025 at 10:00 AM in Courtroom 21D, 500 Pearl Street, New York, NY 10007 before Magistrate Judge Henry J Ricardo.) (Signed by Magistrate Judge Henry J Ricardo on 11/26/2024) (sgz)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
11/26/2024

QUAD/GRAPHICS, INC.,
Plaintiff,

ORDER

-vTAG WORLDWIDE,

24-CV-21 (JMF) (HJR)
Defendant.

HENRY J. RICARDO, United States Magistrate Judge.
A settlement conference is scheduled before Magistrate Judge Henry J.
Ricardo on January 6, 2025, at 10:00 a.m., in Courtroom 21-D at 500 Pearl Street,
New York, New York 10007.
The parties are directed to review and comply with the Procedures for All
Cases Referred for Settlement to Magistrate Judge Henry J. Ricardo (the
“Procedures”), available at https://nysd.uscourts.gov/hon-henry-j-ricardo. No later
than five (5) business days before the conference, the parties shall submit the
attached Acknowledgement Form to [e-mail],
copying all counsel or pro se litigants if they are unrepresented.
No later than five (5) business days before the conference, counsel for
each party must send the party’s Ex Parte Settlement Letter, marked “Confidential
Material for Use Only at Settlement Conference” to
[e-mail]. This letter should not be sent to the
other parties. The letter should include, at a minimum, the information described
in paragraph 3 of the Procedures. The parties should exchange their initial
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settlement demands and responses in advance of their Ex Parte Settlement Letter
submissions.
The parties—not just the attorneys—must attend the settlement conference.
Corporate parties, labor unions, and insurance companies (or any other party that
is not a natural person) must send to the conference the person ultimately
responsible for giving settlement authority. Government agencies are subject to
additional requirements specified in the Procedures. If it would be a great hardship
for the party to attend, upon written application in advance of the conference I will
sometime excuse that party’s presence, but I will require that party to be available
by telephone throughout the settlement conference.

SO ORDERED.
Dated: November 26, 2024
New York, New York

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT FORM
Complete this form, sign and date it, and send it by email as a PDF attachment to
(1) Judge Ricardo at [e-mail] and (2) to all other
attorneys who will be attending the conference no later than five business days
prior to the conference. Please read the certifications below carefully as your
signature indicates your compliance with them.
Name of Case: ______________________________________________
Docket Number: _____ CV ___________ (______) (HJR)
I acknowledge that my client and I must attend a settlement conference on
_______________, 20____ at _____:_____ __.m. in Courtroom ___, United States
Courthouse, 500 Pearl Street, New York, New York.
1.

I am attorney for ___________________________________ [Plaintiff /
Defendant].
(For corporate or other non-individual clients): The name of the
representative of my client who will attend the conference
is:_____________________________________________. The title of this
representative is:___________________________________________________.
If applicable (for insurance carrier): The name of the representative of the
insurance carrier who will attend the conference is:
____________________________________________.

2.

CHECK ONE LINE BELOW:
a. ____ The above-named individual will attend in person.
b. ____ The above-named individual will attend by telephone because I
certify that (1) such individual lives and works more than 100 miles from
the Courthouse (or, if my client is not an individual, the client’s decisionmaker lives and works more than 100 miles from the Courthouse), and (2)
it would be a great hardship for this individual to attend a settlement
conference on this or any other date. This individual understands that he
or she must participate by telephone without interruption for the duration
of the conference.

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3.

I certify that the person attending the conference (in person or by telephone)
is the person with ultimate responsibility for determining the settlement
amount: that is, the person responsible for giving settlement authority, not
someone who has received authority from another person. In addition, if
there is an insurance carrier with authority over settlement, a representative
from such carrier with complete responsibility over settlement will be present
in person or by telephone.

4.

I certify that I have read both the Court’s Order scheduling this conference as
well as the “Procedures for All Cases Referred for Settlement to Magistrate
Judge Henry J. Ricardo.”

Dated: ____________________

____________________________________
[Signature of Attorney]

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