Bryant

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 5 BGC, INC., Case No. 22-cv-04801-JSC

Plaintiff,

ORDER RE: MOTION TO AMEND

v. FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT

KIMBERLY BRYANT, Re: Dkt. No. 88 Defendant.

11 BGC, Inc. filed this action against its founder and former CEO, Kimberly Bryant, in August 2022 alleging Ms. Bryant hijacked the company’s websites and rerouted them to her own website following her removal by the Board of Directors a few weeks earlier. Plaintiffs’ motion to file a second amended complaint seeking to add two defendants is now pending before the Court. (Dkt. No. 88.1) After carefully considering the parties’ briefs and the relevant legal authority, the Court concludes that oral argument is unnecessary, see Civ. L.R. 7-1(b), VACATES the August 3, 2023 hearing, and GRANTS Plaintiff’s motion to amend. DISCUSSION Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 15(a)(2) states that a party may amend a pleading before trial “with the…