Callahan

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 MEREDITH CALLAHAN, et al., Case No. 20-cv-09203-EMC

Plaintiffs,

ORDER DENYING DEFENDANT’S

v. MOTION TO COMPEL

ARBITRATION

PEOPLECONNECT, INC., Docket No. 26 Defendant.

12 13 Plaintiffs Meredith Callahan and Lawrence Geoffrey Abraham have filed a class action against Defendant PeopleConnect, Inc. According to Plaintiffs, PeopleConnect misappropriated Plaintiffs’ names, photographs, and likenesses and used the same in advertising its products and services, “including reprinted yearbooks and subscription memberships to the website Classmates.com.” Compl. ¶ 2. Currently pending before the Court is PeopleConnect’s motion to compel arbitration. Having considered the parties’ briefs and accompanying submissions, the Court hereby DENIES the motion. I. FACTUAL & PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND In their complaint, Plaintiffs allege as follows. PeopleConnect is a company that collects yearbooks, scans the yearbooks,…