Veeva Systems v. Medidata Solutions CA1/3
Veeva Systems, Inc. (Veeva) sued Medidata Solutions, Inc. (Medidata) and Sparta Systems, Inc. (Sparta) (collectively defendants) for declaratory and injunctive relief, alleging that defendants’ use and enforcement of noncompete and nondisclosure agreements (NCA/NDAs) against their former employees violate Business and Professions Code section 16600. Defendants moved to strike Veeva’s operative complaint under the anti-SLAPP law (Code Civ. Proc., § 425.16) on the grounds that Veeva’s claims (1) targeted their protected acts of enforcing the NCA/NDAs in litigation, and (2) lacked probable success on the merits. The trial court struck two of Veeva’s seven causes of action—the fourth cause of action for declaratory relief and the seventh cause of action under the unfair competition law (UCL) (Bus. & Prof. Code, § 17200 et seq.)—but denied the motions as to the remaining claims, which the court found did not arise from protected activity. We affirm.
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