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ORDER DENYING AMENDED MOTION TO DISMISS THE SECOND CONSOLIDATED AMENDED COMPLAINT IN PART FOR LACK OF SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION AND FOR FAILURE TO STATE A CLAIM

L INTRODUCTION

Plaintiffs in this putative class action are former Minor League baseball players who assert claims under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) and’various state wage and hour laws against Bud Selig (the former Commissioner of Baseball), the Office of the Commissioner of Baseball doing business as Major League Baseball (“MLB”) and MLB’s- member franchises. The Court dismissed eight MLB franchises for lack of personal jurisdiction in its May 20, 2015 Order, leaving twenty-two franchises in the case as defendants (the “Franchise Defendants”). Presently before the Court is the Franchise Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss the Second Consolidated Amended Complaint in Part for Lack of Subject Matter Jurisdiction and for Failure to State a Claim (“Motion”). The parties have consented to the jurisdiction of the undersigned United States magistrate judge pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636 (c). A hearing on the Motion was held on Friday, July 10, 2015 at 9:30 a.m. For the reasons stated below, the Motion is…