USA POWER, LLC v. PacifiCorp

NEHRING, Justice:

INTRODUCTION

11 In this appeal, we review a district court's grant of summary judgment on three claims: misappropriation of trade secrets, breach of a confidentiality and nondisclosure agreement, and breach of an attorney's fidu-clary duties of confidentiality and loyalty.

12 In August 2002, USA Power, LLC, a power plant developer, entered into negotiations with PacifiCorp, a utility company, to construct a power plant named Spring Canyon in Mona, Utah. PacifiCorp signed a confidentiality and nondisclosure agreement as part of those negotiations. Within a year, PacifiCorp…