Cases: Trade Secrets

Uniform Trade Secrets Act: Appellate Court Affirms Hefty Fee Awards Against Plaintiff Where Trade Secrets Claims Were Made In Bad Faith

Cases: Trade Secrets

  Sixth District Applies Gemini/Stilwell Bad Faith Test in Two Unpublished Companion Decisions.      In our March 3, 2009 post on K.C. Multimedia, Inc. v. Bank of America Technology & Operations, we discussed a Sixth District Court of Appeal decision that affirmed a $1,114,930 attorney’s fees under Civil Code section 3426.4. That provision authorizes a […]

Trade Secret Misappropriation: Sixth District Affirms $1,114,930 Attorney’s Fees Award To Defense For Bad Faith Trade Secret Misappropriation Claim

Cases: Special Fee Shifting Statutes, Cases: Standard of Review, Cases: Trade Secrets

Court of Appeal Applies Gemini Bad Faith Test Under Civil Code Section 3426.4.      Civil Code section 3426.4 is a special fee-shifting provision in the trade secret misappropriation area. It authorizes a trial court to make a discretionary award of fees and costs to the prevailing party “if a claim of misappropriation is made in

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