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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 ARTHUR J. GALLAGHER & CO., Case No. 20-cv-05505-EMC

Plaintiff,

ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND

v. DENYING IN PART DEFENDANTS’

MOTION TO DISMISS

DON TARANTINO, et al., Docket No. 23 Defendants.

12 13 Plaintiff Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. (“Gallagher”) has filed suit against four former employees and a competitor, Alliant Insurance Services (“Alliant”), who hired those former employees. Gallagher brings claims for, inter alia, breach of employment contract and trade secret misappropriation. Currently pending before the Court is Defendants’ motion to dismiss. Having considered the parties’ briefs and accompanying submissions, as well as the oral argument of counsel, the Court hereby GRANTS in part and DENIES in part Defendants’ motion. I. FACTUAL & PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND Gallagher alleges as follows in its complaint. Gallagher is “a global insurance brokerage and risk management services firm.” Compl. ¶ 9. …