B12 Consulting, LLC v. Ust Global, Inc.

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MAR 1 2024

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

B12 CONSULTING, LLC, No. 22-56214

Plaintiff-Appellee, D.C. No. 8:20-cv-01773-JVS-JDE v.

UST GLOBAL, INC., MEMORANDUM*

Defendant-Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California James V. Selna, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted February 8, 2024 Pasadena, California

Before: WARDLAW, FRIEDLAND, and SUNG, Circuit Judges.

B12 Consulting, LLC (“B12”) and UST Global, Inc. (“UST”) entered into a

Subcontractor Master Services Agreement on September 1, 2014 (the “2014

MSA”). B12 sued UST for breach of the 2014 MSA after it failed to pay invoices

related to Statements of Work (“SOWs”) that B12 asserts are governed by the 2014

MSA. After a three-day trial, a jury returned a verdict for B12 and awarded

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.

Panel $1,541,142.51 in damages. The sole witness…