Tax Relief, Inc. v. Terrance Selb

I. INTRODUCTION

On November 3, 2020, plaintiff Nationwide Tax Experts, Inc. f/k/a Tax Relief, Inc. d/b/a National Tax Experts (“Nationwide”) filed suit in this Court against defendants Terrence Selb; Tyler Bennett; Geoff Plourde; American Tax Solutions, Inc. (“ATS”); GetATaxLawyer.com, LLC (“GATL”) (together, “ATS defendants”); Ben Graupner; Ben Graupner, Inc. d/b/a Tax Debt Group (“TDG”) (together, “Graupner defendants”): Dondamonde Barnes; and Legal Tax Defense, Inc. (“LTD”). Dkt. 1 (“Compl.”) at 2. The operative second amended complaint alleges claims for: (1) violation of the Racketeer Influence and Corrupt Organization Act, 18 U.S.C. §§ 1962, et seg. (“RICO”), against all defendants (claim one); (2) violation of the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1152(a), against all defendants (claim two); (3) violation of various states’ unfair and deceptive trade practices acts, against all defendants (claim three); and (4) tortious interference with contract, against all defendants (claim four). Dkt. 58 (“SAC”) §] 67-101. ATS defendants filed the instant motion to dismiss on April 7, 2021. Dkt. 69 (“Mot.”). They also filed a request for…