Rattagan

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 MICHAEL R. RATTAGAN, Case No. 19-cv-01988-EMC

Plaintiff,

ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANT’S

v. MOTION TO DISMISS AND

DISMISSING CASE WITH

UBER TECHNOLOGIES, INC., PREJUDICE Defendant. Docket No.

12 13 I. INTRODUCTION Michael Rattagan (“Plaintiff” or “Mr. Rattagan”) is a lawyer based in Argentina. Defendant is Uber Technologies, Inc. (“Uber Technologies” or “Defendant”). The operative complaint is Mr. Rattagan’s Third Amended Complaint, through which he asserts four causes of action—fraudulent concealment, negligence, breach of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing, aiding and abetting fraudulent concealment—stemming from allegations that Defendant Uber Technologies, Inc. retained him to provide legal support for the launch of new operations in Buenos Aires, proceeded without engaging his services, and subjected him to intense public backlash and ultimately criminal…