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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 JOONG MYUNG CHO, Case No. 24-cv-07112-WHO

Plaintiff, ORDER REGARDING DEFENDANTS' v. MOTIONS TO DISMISS AND PLAINTIFF'S MOTION TO STRIKE CG INVITES CO., LTD., et al., Re: Dkt. Nos. 74, 75, 77, 78, 79, 80, 82, 83, Defendants. 11 84,

12 In this ongoing corporate ownership dispute, defendants CG Invites Co., LTD; Inchul 13 Chung; Soo Yeon Oh; Newlake Invites Investment, LTD; Newlake Alliance Management, LTD; 14 Seung Hee Lee (“Randall Lee”); and Yong Kyu Shin (collectively, the “CG Defendants”) move to 15 dismiss all derivative claims brought by plaintiff Joong Myung Cho (“Cho” or “plaintiff”) in his 16 third amended complaint (the “TAC”). Defendant Minkyu “Leo” Kim also moves to dismiss all 17 claims brought against him, including those for tortious interference with contract, aiding and 18 abetting fraud, and civil conspiracy. Cho, in response, also moves to strike alleged “new” 19 arguments made by the CG Defendants in their reply brief. 20 The CG Defendants are correct in…