Carbon Crest LLC v. Tencue Productions, LLC

INTRODUCTION

15 In this contract action, defendants allegedly hired plaintiff to assist in selling defendant 16 company, then reneged when it came time to pay. Defendants’ Rule 12(b)(6) motion is 17 18

DENIED.

STATEMENT

19 Plaintiff Carbon Crest, LLC is a Delaware limited liability company founded and 20 managed by Paul Lewis. Defendant Tencue Productions, LLC, an event-production and 21 consulting company, is a California limited liability company founded and managed by 22 defendant Jeffrey Wilk and his life-partner (Compl. ¶¶ 12–15). 23 Lewis and Wilk initially developed a business relationship centered on a different 24 agreement three years before the agreement at issue. In the prior agreement Tencue placed 25 Lewis on a monthly retainer for advisory work. As part of this business advisory relationship, 26 Lewis recommended creation of a formal board of directors on which Lewis sat as a member 27 1 Opus Agency offered $20 million dollars to purchase Tencue. They agreed that Lewis’ 2 company, Carbon Crest, should handle negotiations with Opus Agency to maximize Tencue’s 3 purchase price (id. at ¶ 33). 4 On July 31, 2017, Carbon Crest and Tencue entered…