Keating

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JEREMY L. KEATING ET AL., CASE NO. 3:15-cv-00057-L-AGS

12 Plaintiffs, ORDER GRANTING THE v. RETIREMENT GROUP, LLC’S

MOTION TO AMEND

JOHN A. JASTREMSKI ET AL., COUNTERCLAIM

(Doc. no. 439) Defendants.

AND RELATED CROSS-ACTIONS.

In this action alleging misappropriation of trade secrets, pending before the Court is a motion to amend counterclaim filed by Counterclaimant The Retirement Group, LLC ("TRG"). (Doc. no. 439.) Counter-Defendants Lloyd Silvers, Steven Dalton and Ardent Retirement Planning, LLC (“Ardent,” collectively the “Ardent Group”) filed an opposition and TRG replied. For the reasons that follow, TRG’s motion is granted. The parties had previously filed cross-motions for evidentiary and terminating sanctions based on claims of discovery misconduct and spoliation of evidence. (See docs. no. 157, 275.) The Court appointed Hon. Ronald S. Prager (Ret.) as the Special 28 and…