Match Moves for Transfer of Fraud Case to Texas District Court From N.J.

Match Group filed notice Thursday of a motion to compel arbitration (docket 2:23-cv-23115) in a consumer fraud case in U.S. District Court for New Jersey in Newark. Plaintiff Sylvia Ciapinska sued Tinder and parent company Match after another Tinder user allegedly misappropriated her likeness (see 2312180037). Ciapinska alleges Match falsely advertised Tinder’s photo verification process, leading her and class members to believe that such misappropriation wouldn’t be possible, it said. In its motion to compel, Match said Ciapinska agreed to arbitrate her claims against Match, agreed that any disputes concerning arbitrability of claims must be submitted to an arbitrator for resolution and further agreed “to litigate any purportedly non-arbitrable claims against Match in Dallas County, Texas.” In the alternative to arbitration, Match seeks a transfer of the case to the U.S. District Court for Northern Texas, the motion said.