Failure to define trade secrets establishes subjective bad faith for attorneys' fees award under CUTSA

California Courts have discretion to award attorneys’ fees to a prevailing defendant in a trade secrets action where the commencement or continued prosecution of a trade secrets action is in bad faith. We have blogged about this issue twice previously.

Filed under:
USA, Designs and trade secrets, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Epstein Becker Green, Bad faith, Misappropriation, California courts of appeal
Authors:
James A. Goodman , Ted A. Gehring
Location:
USA
Firm:
Epstein Becker Green