MacClelland

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 TERESA MACCLELLAND, et al., Case No. 21-cv-08592-EMC

Plaintiffs,

ORDER ON MOTION TO INTERVENE

v.

CELLCO PARTNERSHIP, et al., Docket No. 89 Defendants.

12 I. BACKGROUND In this action, California Verizon Wireless customers sued Cellco Partnership d/b/a Verizon Wireless and Verizon Communications, Inc. (collectively “Verizon”) alleging that Verizon engaged in false advertising by failing to disclose an administrative charge for wireless services and misrepresenting that the fee is a tax or government regulation. See Second Amended Complaint (“SAC”), Docket No. 58. Verizon moved to compel arbitration, which this Court denied. See Docket No. 53. Subsequently, Class Counsel filed several additional actions in New Jersey state and federal court, adding plaintiffs from states across the nation (Verizon is headquartered in New Jersey, so courts in New Jersey have jurisdiction over claims of plaintiffs from other states). See…