JD Supra

Federal Trade Secret Plaintiffs Are Not Required to Identify Their Trade Secrets with Particularity Before Beginning Discovery, Says the Ninth Circuit

In a recent decision, Quintara Biosciences, Inc. v. Ruifeng Biztech Inc., No. 23-16093, 2025 WL 2315671 (9th Cir. Aug. 12, 2025), the Ninth Circuit found that a plaintiff bringing claims under the ...
JD Supra

Ninth Circuit Refuses to Apply California’s “Reasonable Particularity” Requirement to Claims Under the Defend Trade Secrets Act

The Ninth Circuit’s recent decision in Quintara Biosciences, Inc. v. Ruifeng Biztech, Inc. underscores an important distinction in trade secret law between California’s Uniform Trade Secrets Act ...
IPWatchdog

Beyond State Law: The Ninth Circuit’s New Framework for DTSA Trade Secret Identification

“[After Quintara], courts will need to develop new frameworks for managing the ‘delicate problem’ of trade secret discovery while balancing legitimate protection needs against defendants’ due process ...