Costantini
Sequoia Benefits & Insurance Services LLC v. Costantini
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
SEQUOIA BENEFITS & INSURANCE
SERVICES, LLC,
No. C 20-08089 WHA Plaintiff,
v.
ORDER RE MOTION TO COMPEL LUCIANO COSTANTINI, et al., 14 Defendants.
16 17 18 INTRODUCTION In this action for trade-secret misappropriation, both sides told the district judge that they saw no occasion to invoke an arbitration clause, and so both sides duly litigated their action in court. Once, however, the former-employee defendants saw which way the wind was blowing in the action, they reversed course and now move to compel arbitration. This gamesmanship will not be rewarded. This order finds the defendants waived their right to invoke the arbitration clause. STATEMENT A previous order lays out the facts of our case (Dkt. No. 85). Plaintiff Sequoia Benefits developing confidential business plans, strategies, compensation programs, and retirement plan designs. Defendants…