SwedelsonGottlieb

Filed 11/2/21 SwedelsonGottlieb v. Noland CA1/

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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

FIRST APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION THREE

SWEDELSONGOTTLIEB,

Plaintiff and Appellant,

A156334, A156766

v. WILLIAM ALEXANDER NOLAND, (City & County of San Francisco Super. Ct. No. CGC 16-555026) Defendant and Respondent.

Plaintiff SwedelsonGottlieb sued its former employee, defendant William Alexander Noland, for misappropriation of trade secrets and breach of a nondisclosure agreement (NDA) after he left plaintiff’s law firm to begin his own law practice. The trial court entered judgment in favor of defendant and awarded defendant his attorney fees and costs upon finding that plaintiff pursued its trade secrets claim in “bad faith.” (Civ. Code, § 3426.4.)1 Plaintiff argues that the court abused its…