Regenold

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

TODD REGENOLD,

Case No. 22-cv-04419-RS Plaintiff, 11 v. ORDER DENYING MOTION TO REMAND AND GRANTING MOTION

RELX INC., TO DISMISS, WITHOUT PREJUDICE

13 Defendant.

15 Plaintiff Todd Regenold was employed by defendant RELX, Inc., through its subsidiary Lex Machina, as VP of Sales and Customer Success for over five years. In March of 2022, Regenold was advised his position was to be eliminated, effective one month later. Regenold was provided a severance notification letter stating he would receive 26 weeks of severance ($167,683.50), to be paid in bi-weekly installments through September of 2022, and six months of paid membership in an executive outplacement service.1 Shortly before his final day, however, Regenold was informed he was under investigation

24 1 RELX requests judicial notice of the letter and provides a copy. Regenold does not dispute the authenticity of the copy or…