Ever.Ag, LLC v. Milk Moovement, Inc.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 DAIRY, LLC, a Delaware Limited No. 2:21-cv-02233 WBS AC Liability Company, 12 Plaintiff, ORDER v. 14 MILK MOOVEMENT, INC., a/k/a Milk Moovement, LLC, a foreign corporation, Defendant. 17 Before the court is defendant Milk Moovement’s motion for sanctions responsive to an inadvertent disclosure. ECF No. 151. Plaintiff Dairy’s opposition is located at ECF No. 160. Milk Moovement’s reply is located at ECF No. 173. For the reasons set forth below, the motion is GRANTED, but only monetary sanctions are awarded. I. RELEVANT BACKGROUND Plaintiff brings this action for alleged trade secrets misappropriation under the Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016, 18 U.S.C. § 1837, and the California Uniform Trade Secrets Act, as well as a claim for intentional interference with contractual relations. ECF No. 48 (First Amended Complaint). The following factual allegations are taken from plaintiff’s amended complaint, incorporated here…