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1 is void under California Business and Professions Code section 16600, any reference to it in the Cross-Complaint constitutes "irrelevant" or "improper" matter that must be stricken under Code of Civil Procedure section 436

3, providing that the agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without regard to its conflict-of-laws principles

Furthermore, on a motion to strike, the court must construe the pleading in the light most favorable to the non-moving party

) All reasonable inferences must be drawn in favor of the pleader, and any doubts as to the propriety of striking particular allegations should be resolved against granting the motion

AMA, as the party on the other side of that declaratory relief claim, must be permitted to reference those same provisions in its responsive pleading and in its own cross-claims