Proofpoint, Inc. v. Vade Secure, Incorporated

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 5 PROOFPOINT, INC., et al., Case No. 19-cv-04238-MMC

Plaintiffs, ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFFS' v. MOTION FOR ATTORNEYS' FEES

VADE SECURE, INCORPORATED, et al., 10 Defendants.

11 Before the Court is plaintiffs Proofpoint, Inc. and Cloudmark LLC's Motion for Attorneys' Fees, filed February 10, 2023. Defendants Vade Secure, Inc. and Vade Secure SASU (collectively, "Vade") have filed opposition, to which plaintiffs have replied. Having read and considered the parties' respective written submissions, the Court rules as follows.1 In the above-titled action, plaintiffs asserted that Vade and Olivier Lemarié ("Lemarié"), who Vade formerly employed as its Chief Technology Officer, misappropriated twenty of plaintiffs’ trade secrets in violation of the Defend Trade Secrets Act (“DTSA”). Beginning July 26, 2021, a jury trial was conducted. On August 20, 2021, the jury rendered its verdict as follows: (1) plaintiffs’…