Panchumarthi

facts to support their allegations, the Court GRANTS Defendants’ motion to dismiss with 21 leave to amend. 22

I. Background

23 A. Factual Allegations in the Complaint 24 Calsoft is a technology company. See Dkt. No. 14 (“FAC”) ¶ 11. In February 25 2016, Calsoft purchased PVR, a biostatistics and statistical programming services 26 company, from Panchumarthi, the former owner and CEO of PVR. Id. ¶¶ 12, 14. To 27 assist the acquisition transition, Calsoft hired Panchumarthi as the CEO of PVR pursuant 1 Panchumarthi was prohibited from disclosing confidential Calsoft information, soliciting 2 Calsoft’s customers and employees, and competing with Calsoft in certain business 3 activities pursuant to the parties’ Purchase Agreement. Id. ¶ 14. But Panchumarthi did not 4 intend to honor those restrictions and instead intended to unfairly compete with Calsoft. 5 Id. ¶¶ 15, 17, 23. Panchumarthi’s employment with PVR was terminated on August 31, 6 2018. Id. ¶ 18. 7 On September 4, 2018, Calsoft and PVR hired Truinfo—another company owned 8 and operated by Panchumarthi—as an independent contractor. Id. ¶ 19. The parties’ 9 Contractor Agreement…