Johnson v. J. Walter Thompson Company, LLC et al
Plaintiff: Erin Johnson
Defendant: J. Walter Thompson Company, LLC, J. Walter Thompson U.S.A., LLC, Gustavo Martinez and WPP, plc.
Case Number: 1:2016cv01805
Filed: March 10, 2016
Court: US District Court for the Southern District of New York
Office: Foley Square Office
County: New York
Presiding Judge: J. Paul Oetken
Nature of Suit: Employment
Cause of Action: 42 U.S.C. ยง 1981
Jury Demanded By: Plaintiff

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October 25, 2017 Opinion or Order Filing 175 ORDER granting in part and denying in part 144 Motion to Compel; granting in part and denying in part 147 Motion to Compel; granting in part and denying in part 150 Motion to Compel; granting in part and denying in part 152 Motion to Compel. The motions are resolved as follows: Plaintiff shall produce a damages calculation for emotional distress and reputational injury only insofar as she seeks "special" damages such as reimbursement for therapy or compensation fo r specific lost job opportunities. To the extent she seeks garden variety emotional distress damages or compensation for general reputational injury, no "calculation" would be meaningful; and as further set forth herein. Each party shall fully comply with the terms of this Order within 30 days. SO ORDERED. (Signed by Magistrate Judge James C. Francis on 10/25/2017) Copies Transmitted this Date By Chambers. (anc)
August 9, 2017 Opinion or Order Filing 128 ORDER granting 93 Motion for Protective Order. Please visit the Court's Website at www.nysd.uscourts.gov for Sealed Records Filing Instructions. Within one week of the date of this order, the Corporate Defendants shall (1) produce to the pl aintiff all documents provided to Proskauer by JWT and the interviewees in the course of the investigation to the extent such documents were not previously produced, and ( 2) submit for in camera review (a) all documents reflecting communications b etween Proskauer and either JWT or Davis & Gilbert concerning the subject matter of the investigation, and (b) the Rossein Documents. In all other respects, the Corporate Defendants' motion for a protective order (Docket no. 93) is granted. (Signed by Magistrate Judge James C. Francis on 8/9/2017) Copies Sent By Chambers. (rj)
July 18, 2017 Opinion or Order Filing 124 MEMORANDUM AND ORDER granting 97 Motion to Compel. For the reasons discussed above, the Corporate Defendants' motion to compel (Docket no. 97) and Mr. Martinez motion for leave to serve a subpoena on TBWA (Docket no. 100) are each granted. SO ORDERED. (Signed by Magistrate Judge James C. Francis on 7/18/2017) Copies Transmitted this Date By Chambers. (anc)
December 13, 2016 Opinion or Order Filing 72 OPINION AND ORDER re: 39 MOTION to Dismiss Plaintiff's Amended Complaint in its entirety, filed by J. Walter Thompson Company, LLC, WPP, plc., J. Walter Thompson U.S.A., LLC, 68 LETTER MOTION for Conference for Preli minary Injunction addressed to Judge J. Paul Oetken from Anne Vladeck dated 11/10/2016, filed by Erin Johnson, 45 MOTION to Dismiss , filed by Gustavo Martinez. For the foregoing reasons, Defendants' motions to dismiss are DE NIED. The Clerk of Court is directed to close the motions at Docket Number 39, Docket Number 45, and Docket Number 68. Defendants shall file their answers to the complaint on or before January 3, 2017. The stay of discovery is also hereby lifted. (Se e Dkt. No. 63 at 12.) Counsel for the parties are directed to submit a proposed case management plan by December 20, 2016, and to appear for a conference with the Court on December 22, 2016, at 3:00 p.m. Counsel should be prepared to address their case management plan, as well as Johnson's proposed motion for a preliminary injunction. (See Dkt. No. 68.) (Status Conference set for 12/22/2016 at 03:00 PM before Judge J. Paul Oetken.) (Signed by Judge J. Paul Oetken on 12/13/2016) (cla)
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Plaintiff: Erin Johnson
Represented By: Jeremiah Joseph Iadevaia
Represented By: Debra L. Raskin
Represented By: Anne C. Vladeck
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Defendant: J. Walter Thompson Company, LLC
Represented By: Jennifer Tafet Klausner
Represented By: Howard Jeffrey Rubin
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Defendant: J. Walter Thompson U.S.A., LLC
Represented By: Jennifer Tafet Klausner
Represented By: Howard Jeffrey Rubin
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Defendant: Gustavo Martinez
Represented By: Jennifer Tafet Klausner
Represented By: Alexandra Manfredi
Represented By: Celena R Mayo
Represented By: Ricki E. Roer
Represented By: Howard Jeffrey Rubin
Represented By: Nancy V. Wright
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Defendant: WPP, plc.
Represented By: Jennifer Tafet Klausner
Represented By: Howard Jeffrey Rubin
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