Sims

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 CLEANFISH, LLC, Case No. 19-cv-03663-HSG

Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR

ATTORNEYS’ FEES AND COSTS

v. Re: Dkt. No. 82 DALE SIMS, et al., Defendants.

12 Pending before the Court is Defendant Island Sea Farm’s motion for attorneys’ fees and costs. Dkt. No. 82. Defendant filed the motion after the Court dismissed without leave to amend Plaintiff’s claims for violations of the Defense of Trade Secrets Act, 18 U.S.C. § 1836, and the California Uniform Trade Secrets Act, California Civil Code § 3426. See Dkt. No. 78.1 Under 18 U.S.C. § 1836(b)(3), “[i]n a civil action brought under this subsection with respect to the misappropriation of a trade secret, a court may…[i]f a claim of the misappropriation is made in bad faith…award reasonable attorney’s fees to the prevailing party.” Similarly, under California Civil Code § 3426.4, “[i]f a claim of misappropriation is made in bad faith…the court may award reasonable attorney’s fees…