C.M.
C.M. v. BetterHelp, Inc.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
IN RE BETTERHELP, INC. DATA
Case No. 23-cv-01033-RS
DISCLOSURE CASES
ORDER DENYING MOTION TO STAY
12 This Document Relates To: All Cases/ 13
15 The first of these consolidated actions was filed shortly after defendant BetterHelp, Inc. entered into a consent order with the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”), providing for injunctive relief and a $7.8 million consumer redress fund that the FTC will be administering. The putative class action consolidated complaint closely tracks the allegations of the FTC’s draft complaint underlying the consent order, although plaintiffs assert various claims not expressly advanced by the FTC. Invoking the primary jurisdiction doctrine and/or the court’s inherent docket management powers, BetterHelp now moves to stay this action until the FTC has completed administration of the redress fund, or for at least six months. As BetterHelp acknowledges, the primary jurisdiction doctrine is applied at the court’s discretion,…