St. Matthews Chuches v. Kachavos
Defendant appeals from a judgment in favor of Saint Matthews Churches (SMC) following a bench trial. The trial court found Kachavos misappropriated a trade secret owned by SMC in violation of the Uniform Trade Secrets Act (Civ. Code, 3426 et seq.) (UTSA). The trade secret in question is the national membership list of SMC containing sensitive and confidential personal information about SMC members, including member tithes, offerings, history of contacts and personal communications with SMC. In addition to finding Kachavos misappropriated a trade secret, the court also issued a permanent injunction requiring Kachavos to return the membership list to SMC. It further ordered Kachavos to pay SMC attorney fees of $7,500. Court affirm.
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