( May 15, 2026, 2:12 PM EDT) -- SAN JOSE, Calif. — In a case on remand from the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, a California federal judge on May 14 reinstated a jury verdict awarding an employee feedback software company more than $25 million in its trade secret dispute with an employee survey software and analytics company, finding that the original judgment that implemented the jury verdict awarding “$11.7 million in compensatory damages and $14 million in exemplary damages” for trade secret misappropriation is correct....