Vasquez

BACKGROUND

The parties Plaintiffs are 1,034 former students who enrolled in a culinary school owned and/or operated by defendants California School of Culinary Arts, Inc. and Career Education Corporation. In their amended consolidated complaint, plaintiffs allege that defendants defrauded them into enrolling in culinary school by numerous misrepresentations about graduation rates, employment prospects after graduation, and anticipated income levels. Plaintiffs asserted claims for fraud, breach of contract, and violations of the Unfair Competition Law, Consumer Legal Remedies Act, and the Private Postsecondary and Vocational Education Reform Act. Sallie Mae services student loans obtained by some of the plaintiffs for the purpose of attending defendants’ culinary program.1 The business records subpoenas Plaintiffs issued a business records subpoena to Sallie Mae on July 25, 2012 (the first subpoena) seeking production of their loan files. Sallie Mae responded with an August 13, 2012 letter offering to comply with the first subpoena if plaintiffs agreed to pay Sallie Mae’s processing fees, including, as authorized by Evidence Code section 1563, subdivision (b), $.10 per page for…