Guild Mortgage v. CrossCountry Mortgage — California Court of Appeal Reverses Dismissal, Holds CUTSA Does Not Preempt Computer Fraud or Aiding-and-Abetting Claims
In a certified-for-publication opinion, the California Court of Appeal reversed dismissal of Guild Mortgage’s claims against CrossCountry Mortgage for aiding and abetting employee duty-of-loyalty breaches, holding for the first time that California’s trade secret statute does not preempt civil claims under the state’s computer fraud act.