Filed 11/28/05 BDBG Promotions, Inc. v. The Eleanor Group CA2/8

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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION EIGHT

BDBG PROMOTIONS, INC., et al., Plaintiffs and Respondents, v. THE ELEANOR GROUP et al., Defendants and Appellants.

B177752 (Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. BC 316920)

APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County. Ralph Dau, Judge. Affirmed.

Kramer & Kaslow, Philip A. Kramer, and James D. Henderson, Jr., for Defendants and Appellants.

Lon B. Isaacson Associates, Lon B. Isaacson, and Larry Johnson for Plaintiffs and Respondents.

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Appellants Crystal Mattson, Rebecca Harrell and Jennifer Cusentino appeal from an order denying their petition to compel arbitration with respondents BDBG Promotions, Inc., and Elizabeth Martin. We affirm.

FACTS

On June 11, 2004, respondents filed an action, which named appellants^[1] and Lisa Donovan, Jen Dede and Deanne Wright as defendants. Donovan, Dede and Wright are not parties to this appeal. The complaint alleges that BDBG Promotions, Inc., sells promotional packages for salons and day spas and that respondent Martin is the sole owner of BDBG.

The complaint alleges that appellants Harrell and Mattson started working for BDBG in February 2004. Harrell and Mattson signed employment agreements under which they agreed to keep BDBG's trade secrets confidential, and undertook not to compete with BDBG. The only other signatory to the employment agreements is â€