Majority Of Claims Not Preempted By State Trade Secrets Statute, Judge Rules

(March 8, 2017, 5:06 PM EST) -- SAN FRANCISCO — A federal judge in California on March 1 substantially denied a defendant’s motion to dismiss in a misappropriation of trade secrets lawsuit, ruling that many of the claims are not preempted by the California Uniform Trade Secrets Act (CUTSA) (Henry Schein Inc. v. Jennifer Cook, et al., No. 16-3166, N.D. Calif., 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 29183)....