Non-Misappropriation Claims Superseded By State Trade Secrets Law, Judge Rules

Mealey's (April 6, 2018, 1:26 PM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — A technology company’s non-trade secret misappropriation claims against its competitor are preempted by the California Uniform Trade Secrets Act (CUTSA) and are not entitled to CUTSA supersession insofar as those claims rely on the competitor’s alleged misappropriation of the company’s trade secrets, a federal judge in California ruled April 3 in granting in part and denying in part the competitor’s motion to dismiss (Swarmify Inc. v. Cloudflare Inc., No. 17-6957, N.D. Calif., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 57035)....