The plaintiff corporation sued its former regulatory consultant and its directors for breach of contract, negligence, misuse of confidential information, and fraud.
The defendants moved to strike the claim and for security for costs, while the plaintiff cross-moved for leave to be represented by its non-lawyer director and for a mandatory injunction requiring the destruction of its confidential information.
The court granted the plaintiff leave for non-lawyer representation but dismissed its injunction request.
The court struck the fraud claims against all defendants and all claims against the individual directors without leave to amend, finding no reasonable cause of action was pleaded.
The remaining claims against the corporate defendant were allowed to proceed, but the plaintiff was ordered to post $35,000 in security for costs due to its lack of assets.
