Rebecca Stambanis v. TBWA Worldwide, Inc.

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2 3 4 5 6 7 United States District Court 8 Central District of California 9 10 11 REBECCA STAMBANIS, Case No. 2:19-cv-03962-ODW (JEM) Plaintiff, v. ORDER GRANTING IN PART, AND 14 TBWA WORLDWIDE, INC., dba DENYING IN PART, DEFENDANT’S 15 TBWA/MEDIA ARTS LAB; AND DOES MOTION TO DISMISS OR STRIKE 16 1- [12] Defendants. I. INTRODUCTION Defendant TBWA Worldwide, Inc. dba TBWA/Media Arts Lab (“TBWA”) 20 moves to dismiss and/or strike portions of Plaintiff Rebecca Stambanis’s 21 (“Stambanis”) Complaint. (See generally Mot. to Dismiss (“Mot.”), ECF No. 12.) 22 For the reasons that follow, the Court GRANTS IN PART, AND DENIES IN PART, 23 TBWA’s Motion.1 24 25 26

28 1 After carefully considering the papers filed in connection with the Motion, the Court deems the matter appropriate for decision without oral argument. Fed. R. Civ. P. 78; C.D. Cal. L.R. 7-15. II. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND On April 1, 2016, Stambanis joined TBWA as its Chief Strategy Officer, 3…