Champion v. Moda Operandi, Inc.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK ABBY CHAMPION et al, Plaintiffs, -against- No. 20 Civ. 7255 (CM) MODA OPERANDI, INC., ADVANCE PUBLICATIONS, INC d/b/a CONDE NAST, ADVANCE MAGAZINE PUBLISHERS, INC. d/b/a CONDE NAST Defendants. MEMORANDUM AND ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING IN PART DEFENDANTS’ MOTIONS TO DISMISS McMahon, J.: The Plaintiffs in this case are runway models. They are hired by fashion designers to exhibit items of clothing from the designers’ latest collections. They do this by walking down a runway, in a glare of flashbulbs, wearing the designers’…