Bard
Bard v. GSV Asset Management, LLC
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 STEPHEN D BARD, Case No. 23-cv-00488-WHO
Plaintiff,
ORDER DENYING DEFENDANTS
v. HMF, FRANCO, AND HELD’S
MOTION TO DISMISS
GSV ASSET MANAGEMENT, LLC, et al., Re: Dkt. Nos. 47, 53, 56, 71, 72, 78, 80 Defendants.
12 Defendants HMF Partners, LLC (“HMF”)1 and its owners Thomas C. Franco and Felipe Held, (collectively the “HMF defendants”) move to dismiss plaintiff Bard’s First Amended Complaint [Dkt. No. 47-1] (“FAC”). The matter is fully briefed and suitable for decision without oral argument. Accordingly, the hearing on the motion set for October 11, 2023, is VACATED. (The Case Management Conference remains as scheduled.) The HMF defendants seek the dismissal of Bard’s fifth cause of action for aiding and abetting fraud and Bard’s sixth cause of action for intentional interference with contractual relations. For the reasons set forth below, the motion is DENIED. The motions to file under seal are provisionally DENIED. …