Rearden LLC v. Crystal Dynamics, Inc.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA EUREKA DIVISION 7 REARDEN LLC, et al., Case No. 17-cv-04187-JST (RMI)
Plaintiffs,
ORDER
v. Re: Dkt. No. 203 CRYSTAL DYNAMICS, INC., et al., Defendants.
13 Before the court is a Motion for Leave to Withdraw as Counsel for Plaintiffs, filed by Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP (“HBSS”) (dkt. 203). Plaintiffs, Rearden LLC and Rearden Mova LLC (collectively, “Rearden”) have filed an Opposition (dkt. 209) to the Motion and Defendant Crystal Dynamics (“Crystal”) has filed a Response (dkt. 216). For the reasons that follow, the court will grant the Motion. Procedural Background of the Motion HBSS filed the instant Motion in September of 2019, asserting that it was ethically obligated to withdraw as counsel in this action due to its current representation of another client, the Microsoft Corporation. See generally, HBSS’s Mot. (dkt. 203). On October 3, 2019, the Motion was referred to the undersigned…