Trident E&P, LLC v. HP, Inc.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA San Francisco Division TRIDENT E&P, LLC, Case No. 24-cv-00790-LB

Plaintiff, ORDER DISMISSING CASE

v. Re: ECF No. 78 HP, INC., et al., Defendants. 16 INTRODUCTION Trident, a device reseller, won a bid for a contract to provide printers, copiers, and related technical support to the federal government. This lawsuit is about whether its supplier HP derailed the contract. HP sent a letter to the government about the provenance of the devices, and as a result, the government terminated the contract. In the initial complaint, Trident claimed fraud, tortious interference with contract, and related tort claims. The court granted HP’s motion to strike the initial complaint under California’s Strategic Law Against Public Participation (SLAPP), Cal. Civ. Proc. Code § 425.16(e)(2), and to dismiss it for failure to state a claim under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6) on the ground…