Iravanian
Iravanian v. Translations.com, Inc.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 HANIEH IRAVANIAN, Case No. 22-cv-09157-JST
Plaintiff,
ORDER DENYING MOTION TO
v. COMPEL ARBITRATION AND TO
DISMISS OR STAY COMPLAINT
TRANSLATIONS.COM, INC., et al., Re: ECF No. 13 Defendants.
12 Before the Court is Defendants Translations.com, Inc.’s and TransPerfect, Inc.’s motion to compel arbitration. ECF No. 13. The Court will deny the motion. I. BACKGROUND Defendant Translations.com, Inc. offers translation services for multilingual content, generating $562 million in revenue and employing more than 5,000 employees. ECF No. 1-3 ¶ 20. Defendants hired Plaintiff Hanieh Iravanian on March 30, 2021 and set a start date of April 5, 2021. ECF No. 1-3 ¶ 21. Plaintiff is a California resident. ECF No. 1-3 ¶ 5. On Plaintiff’s start date, Defendant required Plaintiff to sign and acknowledge an Independent Contractor Agreement (“ICA”) in order to begin work. ECF No. 13-1 ¶ 4. The ICA contains an arbitration…