Cipolla

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

FELICIA CIPOLLA, ALEXIS WOOD,

BERNADETTE BLANCHARD, SHIRIN

LESSAN, and DENNIS FISHER, No. C 18-06867 WHA individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated,

Plaintiffs,

ORDER RE MOTIONS FOR CLASS

CERTIFICATION AND LEAVE TO

v.

AMEND COMPLAINT

TEAM ENTERPRISES, LLC, and NEW TEAM LLC, doing business as TEAM ENTERPRISES, Defendants.

18 INTRODUCTION In this putative wage-and-hour class action, plaintiffs move for class certification for two classes of employees, one class subject to binding arbitration, and the other not. Plaintiffs also seek to amend their complaint for the fourth time. For the following reasons, the motions are GRANTED IN PART AND DENIED IN PART. STATEMENT Plaintiffs are part-time promotional specialists or “models” for defendants Team Enterprises, LLC and New Team, LLC, marketing companies based in Florida which employ individuals to promote their clients’…