Opinion
19-24539-CIV
08-26-2021
HAPPY TAX FRANCHISING, LLC, Plaintiff, v. THE JL HILL GROUP, LLC, and JAMEY HILL, Defendants.
ORDER ADOPTING MAGISTRATE JUDGE LOUIS'S REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION
FEDERICO A. MORENO UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
THE MATTER was referred to the Honorable Lauren F. Louis, United States Magistrate Judge, for a Report and Recommendation on Defendants' Motions to Dismiss, filed on January 19, 2021 . The Magistrate Judge filed a Report and Recommendation (D.E. 85) on June 7, 2021 . The Court has reviewed the entire file and record. The Court has made a de novo review of the issues that the objections to the Magistrate Judge's Report and Recommendation present, and being otherwise fully advised in the premises, it is
ADJUDGED that United States Magistrate Judge Lauren F. Louis's Report and Recommendation is AFFIRMED and ADOPTED. Accordingly, it is
ADJUDGED that Defendants' Motions to Dismiss is GRANTED in part and DENIED in part as set forth in the Report and Recommendation. The motion is granted as to Count 9 for breach of the franchise agreement (non-disparagement) and Count 10 for tortious interference and those claims are dismissed with prejudice. Counts 7 and 8 for defamation are dismissed with prejudice only as to Defendants The J.L. Hill Group, LLC and Banyan Accounting, LLC. The motion to dismiss is DENIED in all other respects.
DONE AND ORDERED.
Lauren F. Louis United States Magistrate Judge