Parrish v. Latham & Watkins

Does the denial of former employees' motion for summary judgment in an action for misappropriation of trade secrets conclusively establish probable cause to bring the action and thus preclude the employees' subsequent malicious prosecution action, even if the trial court in the prior action later found that it had been brought in bad faith? Is the former employees' malicious prosecution action against the employer's former attorneys barred by the one-year statute of limitations in Code of Civil Procedure section 304.6??