SHIVKOV v. ARTEX RISK SOLUTIONS, INC.

No. 19-16746.

974 F.3d 1051 (2020)

Dimitri SHIVKOV, individually and as a trustee of the Phoenix 2010 Revocable Trust; Vassil Zhivkov; Kristina Tsonev; Spectra Services, Inc.; DVS Holdings LLC; Robert C. Miller; Brenda Mae Miller; Bruce G. Robinson; Sara Van Alstyne Robinson; Symphony Homes LLC; Symphony Development Corporation; Keith Butler; Rebecca M. Butler; Eric K. Wilke; Julie T. Wilke; John Linder; Nina Linder; Affilion of Cobre Valley LLC; Affilion of Huntsville PLLC; Affilion of Texas PLLC; Taylor-Wilke Holdings LLC; Traditions Emergency Medicine PA; Treadstone Equity Group LLC; UTA Investments LLC; Boomerang WB LLC; AZ Storage 1 LLC; AZ Storage 2 LLC; Boomerang Sonoran LLC; RV Storage LLC; Stone Haven Lodge LLC; UTA Holdings LLC; Wilke Medical Direction PLLC; 5T Capital Fund II LLC; 5T Capital Holdings LLC; 5T Capital LLC; Ingenuity Auto Leasing LLC; Ingenuity Aviation LLC; Ingenuity Equity Group II LLC; Ingenuity Equity Group III LLC; Ingenuity Equity Group LLC; Ingenuity Leasing Company II LLC; Ingenuity Leasing Company LLC; Ingenuity Matrix, Inc.; Ingenuity Professional Services PLLC; Bourne Tempe Land LLC, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated; Paul M. McHale; Cynthia McHale; Keith E. Pereira, Individually and as a trustee of The Blaser Family Revocable Trust Dated March 10, 2006; Kimberly Blaser, Individually and as a trustee of The Blaser Family Revocable Trust Dated March 10, 2006; Brian R. Tiffany; Ryan P. Frank; Katherine S. Frank; Cation LLC; Florida Citrus Holdings LLC; McHale Capital Management LLC; PS Bailey LLC; Blaser Management LLC; Blue Horizon Holdings LLC; Butler Medical Group, Inc.; Devotion Homes LLC; Glass House LLC; Maui Luxury Rentals LLC; Silver Meadow Investing LLC; T & G Investments LLC; Treadstone Core3 LLC; TW Management LLC; Kamaole Luxury Rentals LLC; Kannapali Beach Holdings LLC; Our Retirement LLC; Resiliant LLC; Nadim B. Bikhazi; Karen A. Kostluk-Bikhazi; Bradley S. Bullard; Cathleen M. Bullard; Blake G. Welling; Stephanie G. Welling; Blake Welling MD PC; Brian Tiffany MD PC; Utah Spine Care LLC; Western States Medical LLC; Ogden Clinic Professional Corporation; Borsight, Inc., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. ARTEX RISK SOLUTIONS, INC.; TSA Holdings LLC, FKA Tribeca Strategic Advisors LLC; TBS LLC, DBA PRS Insurance; Karl Huish; Jeremy Huish; Jim Tehero; Arthur J. Gallagher & Company; Debbie Inman; Epsilon Actuarial Solutions LLC; Julie A. Ekdom; AmeRisk Consulting LLC; Provincial Insurance PCC; Tribeca Strategic Accountants LLC; Tribeca Strategic Accountants PLC, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed September 9, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. Ralph Canada Jr. (argued), David R. Deary , Jim L. Flegle , Wilson E. Wray , John McKenzie , Donna Lee , and Tyler M. Simpson , Loewinsohn Flegle Deary Simon LLP, Dallas, Texas; Garrett W. Woktyns and James A. Bloom , Schneider Wallace Cottrell Konecky Wotkyns, LLP, Scottsdale, Arizona; for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Stephen V. D'Amore (argued), Scott P. Glauberman , Michael A. Skokna , and Reid F. Smith , Winston & Strawn LLP, Chicago, Illinois; Barbara J. Dawson , Joseph G. Adams , and Taryn J. Gallup , Snell & Wilmer LLP, Phoenix, Arizona; for Defendants-Appellees Artex Risk Solutions Inc., Arthur J. Gallagher & Company, and Debbie Inman.

Karl M. Tilleman (argued) and Erin E. Bradham , Dentons, Phoenix, Arizona; for Defendants-Appellees TSA Holdings LLC, TBS LLC, Karl Huish, Jeremy Huish, Jim Tehero, Provincial Insurance PCC, and Tribeca Strategic Accountants LLC.

J. Steven Sparks and Vincent Miner , Sanders & Parks, Phoenix, Arizona, for Defendants-Appellees Epsilon Actuarial Solutions LLC and Julie A. Ekdom.

J. Michael Low and Paul Gerding, Jr. , Kutak Rock, Scottsdale, Arizona, for Defendant-Appellee AmeRisk Consulting LLC.

Michael J. Plati and Michael S. Rubin , Dickinson Wright PLLC, Phoenix, Arizona, for Defendant-Appellee Tribeca Strategic Accountants PLC.

Before: MICHAEL DALY HAWKINS, D. MICHAEL FISHER, and MILAN D. SMITH, JR., Circuit Judges.


OPINION

Plaintiffs1, some eighty-one individuals and related business entities, variously entered into agreements (the Agreements) with Defendants Artex Risk Solutions, Inc. (Artex) and TSA Holdings, LLC, formerly Tribeca Strategic Advisors, LLC (Tribeca). Pursuant to these Agreements...

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