Tech Company’s Trade Secret Claim Gets 1 More Shot At Amendment

Mealey's (February 5, 2020, 2:04 PM EST) -- SAN JOSE, Calif. — A technology company and its acquired affiliate have again failed to sufficiently describe the trade secret information that its former employee and a third-party contractor allegedly misappropriated in violation of several agreements signed between the parties, a federal magistrate judge in California ruled Jan. 31 in dismissing the plaintiffs’ trade secret misappropriation claim with leave to amend (Calsoft Labs Inc., et al. v. Venikata Panchumarthi, et al., No. 19-4398, N.D. Calif., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 17214)....