Klotz

Filed 6/30/15 Certified for Partial Pub. 7/28/15 (order attached)

IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION ONE

ADAM M. KLOTZ et al., B255827

Plaintiffs and Respondents, (Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. BC517937) v.

MILBANK, TWEED, HADLEY &

MCCLOY et al.,

Defendants and Appellants.

APPEAL from an order of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Joseph R. Kalin, Judge. (Retired Judge of the L.A. Sup. Ct. assigned by the Chief Justice pursuant to art. VI, § 6 of the Cal. Const.) Affirmed in part and reversed in part. Caldwell Leslie & Proctor, Christopher G. Caldwell, Joan Mack and Julia J. Bredrup for Defendants and Appellants. Fox Rothschild and Michael Eidel for Plaintiffs and Respondents. ——————— Defendants Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy (Milbank) and Deborah Festa (Festa) appeal the trial court‘s order overruling their demurrer and denying their motion to strike the First Amended Complaint under Civil Code section 1714.10.1 Plaintiffs SageMill LLC (SageMill), Adam Klotz (Klotz) and Richard Spitz (Spitz) alleged that a former business associate of…