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Mar. 18, 2009

A Boost to Uniformity

A recent 6th District ruling will simplify pleading and put IP lawyers and business litigators are on the same footing when it comes to the Uniform Trade Secrets Act.

FOCUS COLUMN

By Stuart P. Jasper

The California Uniform Trade Secrets Act just became a bit more uniform. A new opinion brings California courts into line with a majority of courts in other jurisdictions in holding that the act pre-empts "claims based on the same nucleus of facts as trade secret misappropriation." K.C. Multimedia Inc. v. Bank of America Technology & Operations Inc., 2009 DJDAR 3150. The 6th District Court of Appeal applied the...

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