Amanda Broomes, et al. v. FullBeauty Brands Operations, LLC

Summary

The court terminated the parties’ September 3, 2025 joint discovery letter concerning Plaintiffs’ interrogatories after resolving Defendant’s motion to compel arbitration. The court ordered the parties to meet and confer regarding supplementation, questioned the scope and proportionality of requested discovery, and noted that certain interrogatories may improperly exceed the applicable limit.

Holdings

1. The court terminated the joint discovery letter and ordered the parties to meet and confer regarding whether Defendant's supplementation would resolve the interrogatory dispute.
2. The court advised that discovery should be evaluated against the class definition and proportionality requirements, and that interrogatories seeking numerous categories of information for each product or each day may be improperly compound and may exceed the 25-interrogatory limit.

Questions Presented

1. Whether the parties' discovery dispute should be resolved through the joint discovery letter or instead through a meet-and-confer process.
2. Whether the proposed interrogatories were potentially overbroad, improperly compound, and beyond the 25-interrogatory limit.
3. Whether discovery should be limited to information relevant to the defined class and proportionate to the needs of the case.

Disposition

other