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In an order with important implications for trade secret disputes in federal court, on August 12, 2025, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held that a district court abused its discretion in striking a plaintiff’s trade...more
The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit found that a district court abused its discretion by striking several of the plaintiff’s trade secrets, concluding that the court improperly relied on Rule 12(f) and failed to...more
The court held that the statute of limitations began to run from the date when a former employee produced confidential company financial during discovery in an unrelated matter, and not from the earlier date when the former...more