Perkins v. Linkedin Corp.

ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING IN PART DEFENDANT’S MOTION TO DISMISS WITH LEAVE TO AMEND

LUCY H. KOH, United States District Judge

Paul Perkins, Pennie Sempell, Ann Brandwein, Erin Eggers, Clare Connaugh-ton, Jake Kushner, Natalie Richstone, Nicole Crosby, and Leslie Wall, on behalf of themselves and a putative class (“Plaintiffs”), bring the instant action against Linkedln Corporation (“Defendant” or “Linkedln”). See ECF No. 7. The gravamen of Plaintiffs’ complaint is that Defendant, the operator of a popular social networking website, violated several state and federal laws by harvesting…