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GINGRAS v. THINK FINANCE, INC.

Docket Nos. 16-2019-cv (L); 16-2132-cv; 16-2135-cv; 16-2138-cv; 16-2140-cv (Con) August Term, 2016.

922 F.3d 112 (2019)

Jessica GINGRAS, on behalf of herself and others similarly situated, Angela C. Given, on behalf of herself and others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. THINK FINANCE, INC., TC Loan Service, LLC, Kenneth E. Rees, former President and Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Think Finance, TC Decision Sciences, LLC, Tailwind Marketing, LLC, Sequoia Capital Operations, LLC, Technology Crossover Ventures, Joel Rosette, official capacity as Chief Executive Officer of Plain Green, Ted Whitford, official capacity as a member of Plain Green's Board of Directors, Tim McInerney, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: April 24, 2019.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Colleen Sinzdak , Hogan Lovells US LLP, Washington, DC ( Morgan L. Goodspeed , Neal Kumar Katyal , Hogan Lovells US LLP, Washington, DC; Richard J. Zack , Matthew B. Homberger , Pepper Hamilton LLP, Philadelphia, PA, on the brief), for Defendants-Appellants Joel Rosette, Ted Whitford, and Tim McInerney.

Lewis S. Wiener , Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP, Washington, DC ( Kymberly Kochis , Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP, New York, NY; Ritchie E. Berger , Dinse Knapp McAndrew , Burlington, VT; Stephen D. Hibbard , Jones Day, San Francisco, CA; Todd R. Geremia , Jones Day, New York, NY; Stephen D. Ellis , Ellis Boxer & Blake PLLC, Springfield, VT; Richard L. Scheff , David F. Herman , Montgomery McCracken Walker & Rhoads LLP, Philadelphia, PA; Thomas Hefferon , Sabrina Rose-Smith , Matthew Sheldon , Goodwin Procter LLP, Washington, DC, on the brief), for Defendants-Appellants Think Finance, Inc., TC Decision Sciences, LLC, Tailwind Marketing, LLC, TC Loan Service, LLC, Technology Crossover Ventures, Kenneth E. Rees, and Sequoia Capital Operations, LLC.

Matthew B. Byrne , Gravel & Shea PC, Burlington, VT ( Kathleen M. Donovan-Maher , Steven J. Buttacavoli , Anne F. O'Berry , Steven L. Groopman , Berman DeValerio , Boston, MA, on the brief), for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Jeffrey R. White , Julie Braman Kane , American Association for Justice, Washington, DC, as amicus curiae in support of Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Scott L. Nelson , Allison M. Zieve , Public Citizen Litigation Group, Public Citizen, Inc., Washington, DC, as amicus curiae in support of Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Before: Leval, Hall, and Chin, Circuit Judges.

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