By Rina Wang, summer associate, and Timothy B. Nelson

The California Court of Appeal recently addressed the issue of the interpretation of arbitration clauses in the context of claims for misappropriation of trade secrets in the case of Valentine Capital Asset Management, Inc. v. Agahi, 174 Cal.App.4th 606 (1st Dist. 2009).

In Valentine, respondent John Valentine was the founder…

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