Los Angeles Team Secures Seven-Figure Jury Verdict in Trade Secret Matter

Los Angeles, Calif. (May 30, 2023) - Los Angeles Partners Craig Holden and Robert Collins recently secured a favorable jury verdict in a trade secret matter on behalf of a dental management business. In this case, Lewis Brisbois’ client filed suit against a dentist and a marketing manager who previously worked for the client’s company, alleging breach of contract as well as theft of marketing trade secrets and other confidential information. Specifically, the marketing manager stole a client list from the dental management business for use at the dentist’s new, competing practice. To avoid detection of the theft, the defendants used fake names and other false information, and routed payments through a third-party company.

Prior to the trial, an injunction was awarded against the defendants barring the use of the trade secrets, and allowing the recovery of the trade secrets from the defendants’ computer devices and the dentist’s computer server. The verdict for compensatory damages with prejudgment interest totals over $7 million. 

Mr. Holden serves as a national co-chair of Lewis Brisbois’ Complex Business & Commercial Litigation and White Collar Defense Practices, and as a vice-chair of the firm’s Government Relations Practice. He is a skilled first-chair trial attorney known for his cut-to-the-chase focus. In addition to his federal and state court trial practice, Mr. Holden has served as lead counsel in over 100 international and domestic arbitrations. He was recently named to the Los Angeles Business Journal’s (LABJ) 2023 “Top 100 Lawyers” list for the second year in a row.

Mr. Collins is a member of Lewis Brisbois’ Intellectual Property & Technology Practice. He focuses his practice on matters including trademark and Lanham Act claims, copyright litigation, unfair competition litigation, false advertising, trade secret litigation, right of publicity, anti-piracy, franchising, and related complex business litigation. Mr. Collins regularly handles cases in California state and federal courts, as well as in federal courts nationwide. 

For more information on this matter, contact either of the attorneys involved.