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BLADEROOM GROUP LTD. v. EMERSON ELEC. CO.

No. 19-16583, No. 19-16584, No. 19-16585, No. 19-16730, No. 20-15758, No. 20-15759, No. 20-15760.

11 F.4th 1010 (2021)

BLADEROOM GROUP LIMITED; Bripco (UK) Limited, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. EMERSON ELECTRIC CO., Defendant-Appellant, and Facebook, Inc.; Emerson Network Power Solutions, Inc.; Liebert Corporation, Defendants. BladeRoom Group Limited; Bripco (UK) Limited, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Emerson Network Power Solutions, Inc., Defendant-Appellant, and Facebook, Inc.; Emerson Electric Co.; Liebert Corporation, Defendants. Bladeroom Group Limited; Bripco (UK) Limited, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Liebert Corporation, Defendant-Appellant, and Facebook, Inc.; Emerson Electric Co.; Emerson Network Power Solutions, Inc., Defendants. Bladeroom Group Limited; Bripco (UK) Limited, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Facebook, Inc., Defendant, and Emerson Electric Co.; Emerson Network Power Solutions, Inc.; Liebert Corporation, Defendants-Appellees. Bladeroom Group Limited; Bripco (UK) Limited, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Emerson Electric Co., Defendant-Appellant, and Emerson Network Power Solutions, Inc.; Liebert Corporation, Defendants. Bladeroom Group Limited; Bripco (UK) Limited, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Emerson Network Power Solutions, Inc., Defendant-Appellant, and Emerson Electric Co.; Liebert Corporation, Defendants. Bladeroom Group Limited; Bripco (UK) Limited, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Liebert Corporation, Defendant-Appellant, and Emerson Electric Co.; Emerson Network Power Solutions, Inc., Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed August 30, 2021.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carter G. Phillips (argued), Sidley Austin LLP, Washington, D.C.; Christopher M. Egleson, Sidley Austin LLP, La Jolla, California; Constantine L. Trela Jr., Jillian S. Stonecipher, and Taurean K. Brown, Sidley Austin LLP, Chicago, Illinois; for Defendant-Appellant/Cross-Appellee Emerson Electric Co.

Rudolph A. Telscher Jr., Steven E. Holtshouser, Kara R. Fussner, and Michael C. Martinich-Sauter, Husch Blackwell LLP, St. Louis, Missouri, for Defendants-Appellants/Cross-Appellees Emerson Network Power Solutions Inc., and Liebert Corporation.

Stephanie P. Skaff (argued), Jeffrey M. Fisher, Carly O. Alameda, Erik C. Olson, J. Alexander Reese, Nadia C. Arid, and Ashley Roybal-Reid, Farella Braun & Martel LLP, San Francisco, California, for Plaintiffs-Appellees/Cross-Appellants BladeRoom Group Limited and Bripco (UK) Limited.

Concurrence by Judge Rawlinson.

OPINION

In these appeals, we consider how English law interprets a non-disclosure agreement ("NDA"). The district court's interpretation misapplied English law because it conflicts with the NDA's natural reading. We therefore vacate the district court's judgment and remand for a new trial.

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