⚖ Oral Arguments, with Context

The First Circuit hears KPM Analytics North America Corporation versus Blue Sun Scientific. A jury found that Blue Sun and four former KPM employees misappropriated KPM trade secrets. It also found that Blue Sun and ITG interfered with KPM contracts. The district court doubled some damages under Massachusetts Chapter 93A, the state's unfair-business-practices law. Dana Zakarian of Smith Duggan will argue for Blue Sun and ITG. He will say the Massachusetts court lacked personal jurisdiction—legal authority over the defendants—because the conduct occurred elsewhere, and that it was not primarily and substantially in Massachusetts, as Chapter 93A requires. Scott Magee of Morse will answer for KPM. He will contend that the defendants deliberately targeted trade secrets stored in Massachusetts.

KPM Analytics North America Corporation v. Blue Sun Scientific, LLC (No. 25-1222) — U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, argued July 30, 2026.