Yeomans

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 TRICIA YEOMANS, et al., Case No. 19-cv-00792-EMC (KAW)

Plaintiffs,

ORDER REGARDING JOINT

v. DISCOVERY LETTER

WORLD FINANCIAL GROUP Re: Dkt. No. 99 INSURANCE AGENCY, INC., et al., 11 Defendants. 12 Plaintiffs filed the instant putative class action against Defendants World Financial Group Insurance Agency, Inc. (“WFG Insurance”) and World Financial Group, Inc. (“WFG”), alleging unlawful misclassification. (First Amended Compl. (“FAC”) ¶ 4, Dkt. No. 23.) Defendants market financial and insurance products, and recruit individuals to work for Defendants as “Associates.” (FAC ¶ 1.) Plaintiffs, however, assert that Defendants are operating “a massive pyramid scheme,” where Associates are required to pay $100 application fee to join, pressured to purchase Defendants’ products, required to recruit additional Associates, and trained to sell Defendants’ products to the new Associates as soon as possible. (FAC ¶¶ 2-3.) Plaintiffs further …