(December 31, 2018, 1:46 PM EST) -- SAN FRANCISCO — A federal magistrate judge in California on Dec. 18 denied an office cleaning services franchisor’s motion to compel arbitration of a suit filed by a franchisee accusing the company of violating the federal Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act (TVPRA) and the California Trafficking Victims Protection Act (CTVPA), finding that an arbitration provision in the franchise agreement was void and unenforceable (Luis Castillo, et al. v. CleanNet Inc., et al., No. 17-cv-07277, N.D. Calif., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 213073)....