Orca Communications v. Ann Noder Et vir/pitch Public

Vice Chief Justice PELANDER,

opinion of the Court.

¶ 1 Arizona’s Uniform Trade Secrets Act (“AUTSA”), AR.S. §§ 44-401 to -407, creates an exclusive cause of action — and displaces conflicting causes of action — for claims based on the misappropriation of trade secrets. We hold that AUTSA does not displace common-law claims based on alleged misappropriation of confidential information that is not a trade secret.

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¶2 Because the superior court dismissed the plaintiffs complaint pursuant to Arizona Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6), we “look only to the pleading itself and consider the well-pled…