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VIII. Authorities Table

Authority Citation Holding / Relevance
Deceit statutes Cal. Civ. Code §§ 1709–1710 Codifies four species of fraud; basis for common-law fraud elements
Punitive damages Cal. Civ. Code § 3294 Authorizes punitives on clear-and-convincing proof of malice, oppression, or fraud
CUTSA Cal. Civ. Code § 3426 et seq. California Uniform Trade Secrets Act — exclusive state-law trade-secret remedy
CUTSA remedies Cal. Civ. Code § 3426.3 Damages, royalty, double exemplary for willful misappropriation
UCL Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 17200 Prohibits unlawful, unfair, fraudulent business practices
False advertising Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 17500 Prohibits untrue or misleading commercial statements
DTSA 18 U.S.C. § 1836 Federal trade-secret cause of action; ex parte seizure remedy
Engalla v. Permanente Medical Group, Inc. (1997) 15 Cal.4th 951 Modern fraud elements; particularity standard
Lazar v. Superior Court (1996) 12 Cal.4th 631 Promissory fraud elements; contemporaneous-intent requirement
LiMandri v. Judkins (1997) 52 Cal.App.4th 326 Four categories of duty to disclose; cannot interfere with own contract
Quelimane Co. v. Stewart Title Guaranty Co. (1998) 19 Cal.4th 26 Interference with contract — no independently wrongful act required
Della Penna v. Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc. (1995) 11 Cal.4th 376 IIPEA — independently wrongful act required
Korea Supply Co. v. Lockheed Martin Corp. (2003) 29 Cal.4th 1134 Defines independently wrongful act; UCL limited to restitution/injunction
Whyte v. Schlage Lock Co. (2002) 101 Cal.App.4th 1443 Rejects inevitable-disclosure doctrine in California
AMN Healthcare, Inc. v. Aya Healthcare Servs., Inc. (2018) 28 Cal.App.5th 923 Invalidates non-solicitation-of-employees covenants
K.C. Multimedia, Inc. v. Bank of America Tech. & Operations, Inc. (2009) 171 Cal.App.4th 939 CUTSA preempts overlapping common-law claims
Casey v. U.S. Bank Nat. Assn. (2005) 127 Cal.App.4th 1138 Aiding-abetting fiduciary breach — actual knowledge, substantial assistance
Hartford Fin. Corp. v. Burns (1979) 96 Cal.App.3d 591 Conversion of money requires specific, identifiable sum
Erlich v. Menezes (1999) 21 Cal.4th 543 Economic-loss rule; tort requires independent duty
Manderville v. PCG&S Group, Inc. (2007) 146 Cal.App.4th 1486 Integration clause does not bar fraud-in-the-inducement
Robinson Helicopter Co., Inc. v. Dana Corp. (2004) 34 Cal.4th 979 Carve-out: intentional misrepresentation independent of contract
Kwikset Corp. v. Superior Court (2011) 51 Cal.4th 310 UCL standing — economic injury caused by unfair practice


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