Bagg v. Highbeam Research, Inc.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER REGARDING DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO DISMISS (Dkt. No. 10)

PONSOR, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

This is a putative class action brought by a group of consumers against Defendants HighBeam Research, Inc. (“High Beam”), The Gale Group, Inc. (“Gale”), and Cengage Learning, Inc. (“Cengage”). The Amended Complaint alleges that Defendants used deceptive and misleading tactics to trick consumers into purchasing monthly or yearly subscriptions to an online research database and charged consumers’ credit cards without their knowledge or consent. The Amended Complaint contains claims…