Dahlin

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 13 WHITESLATE, LLP DBA SLATE LAW Case No.: 20-CV-1782 W (BGS)

GROUP,

ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND

Plaintiff, DENYING IN PART DEFENDANTS’ v. MOTION TO DISMISS [DOC. 11] 17 DEREK DAHLIN, et al., 18 Defendants. 19 Defendants Derek Dahlin, Brian Evans, Robert Smith, Wes Brummette, and Mango Technologies, Inc. DBA ClickUp (“ClickUp”) (collectively “Defendants”) move to dismiss the Complaint under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6). Plaintiff Whiteslate, LLP DBA Slate Law Group (“Slate”) opposes. The Court decides the matter on the papers submitted and without oral argument. See Civ. L.R. 7.1(d)(1). For the reasons stated below, the Court GRANTS-IN-PART and DENIES-IN-PART the motion to dismiss [Doc. 11]. // // I. BACKGROUND The following allegations are taken from the Complaint. (Compl. [Doc. 1].) On March 9, 2020, Slate conducted a formal interview with Derek Dahlin (“Dahlin”) for a position at…