Lower Bar for Trade Secret Claims in Orange County
Code Civ. Proc. § 2019.210, provides that, before commencing discovery in a trade secret misappropriation case, Plaintiff “shall identify the trade secret with reasonable particularity subject to any orders that may be appropriate under Section 3426.5 of the Civil Code.” The trade secret must be described “with sufficient particularity to separate it from matters of general knowledge in the trade … and…
A key reason to file in Federal vs California Court – Discovery of Financial / Technical Information
I haven’t seen this talked about much in legal blogs but it seems like an important consideration in whether to bring a case in Federal vs California state court: there may be much broader discovery of financial and technical information in Federal court. In years of practice in Federal courts, I was used to getting detailed financial and technical information in discovery…