Berman
Berman v. Freedom Financial Network, LLC
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA DANIEL BERMAN, CASE NO. 18-cv-01060-YGR
Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING MOTION TO COMPEL
ARBITRATION
vs. Re: Dkt. No. 224 FREEDOM FINANCIAL NETWORK, LLC, ET
AL.,
14 Defendants. 15 In this action, plaintiffs Daniel Berman, Stephanie Hernandez, and Erica Russell on behalf 16 of himself and a putative class, allege violations of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act 17 (“TCPA”), 47 U.S.C. section 227 et seq. by means of autodialed text messages and prerecorded 18 voice calls as part of a telemarketing campaign by Lead Science, LLC (also known as “Drips”) 19 and Fluent, Inc. (“Fluent”) promoting the services of Freedom Financial Network, LLC and 20 Freedom Debt Relief, LLC (collectively “Freedom”). Fluent obtained leads for the text message 21 campaign via its consumer-facing websites which offer users the possibility of rewards, discounts, 22 product samples or entry into sweepstakes, which collect the users’ data for use in Fluent’s clients’ 23 marketing campaigns. The instant motion seeks to…