Daramola

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 TAYO E DARAMOLA, Case No. 19-cv-07910-JD

Plaintiff,

ORDER RE MOTIONS TO DISMISS

v. 9 Re: Dkt. Nos. 37, 50, 55 ORACLE AMERICA, INC. et al., Defendants.

In a first amended complaint against defendants Oracle America, Inc., Patrick Merell, Mita Patniak, James Bork, Dionis Gauvin, Douglas Harris, and Douglas Riseberg, plaintiff Tayo Daramola alleges claims under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act, securities-related whistleblower statutes, and California labor law relating to his employment and discharge from Oracle. Dkt. No. 17. Several defendants have moved to dismiss for failure to state a claim, which other defendants joined. Dkt. Nos. 37, 50, 56. Oracle, Harris, and Merell say that Daramola worked for Oracle’s Canadian subsidiary, and his employment agreement is subject to Canadian law. Dkt. No. 37 at 2-4. These defendants contend that all of Daramola’s claims should be dismissed because the laws at issue do not apply…