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I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This memorandum is prepared to memorialize the conclusion and final disposition of the above-captioned trade-secret misappropriation matter and to document all key events, outcomes, and financial information for the firm's permanent file. The memorandum is intended to serve as the definitive closing record for Matter No. 1008-00005, and it should be maintained as part of the firm's archived matte

II. BACKGROUND AND PARTIES A. The Client — Lumos Analytics Inc. Lumos Analytics Inc. was founded in approximately 2017 and is incorporated in the State of Delaware. The company is headquartered in San Jose, California, at 4700 Orchard Parkway, Suite 300, San Jose, California 95134. Lumos's Employer Identification Number ("EIN") is 82-4713956, and its Delaware File Number is 6518274. Lumos operates in the financial te

1. NovaSpark Technologies Inc. NovaSpark Technologies Inc. is a Delaware-incorporated startup company headquartered at 88 Bluxome Street, Floor 4, San Francisco, California 94107. The company was incorporated on October 3, 2022, by defendant Rajiv Anand, just three days after Anand's resignation from Lumos. NovaSpark's EIN is 88-3291047, and its Delaware File Number is 7294183. NovaSpark purports to offer AI-driven a

2. Rajiv Anand Rajiv Anand is thirty-seven (37) years of age and, at the time of the litigation, resided at 1482 Mariposa Avenue, Palo Alto, California 94306. Mr. Anand was employed by Lumos as a Principal Engineer — ML Infrastructure from March 2019 through September 30, 2022. In this role, Mr. Anand served as a key architect of the LumosEdge signal-generation engine and had access to the company's most sensitive pr

3. Serena Mallick Serena Mallick is thirty-four (34) years of age and, at the time of the litigation, resided at 578 Guerrero Street, Apartment 3B, San Francisco, California 94110. Ms. Mallick was employed by Lumos as a Senior Software Engineer — Data Pipelines from June 2020 through October 14, 2022. In this capacity, Ms. Mallick was responsible for building and maintaining the proprietary DataStream ETL pipelines,

4. Derek Yun Derek Yun is thirty-one (31) years of age and, at the time of the litigation, resided at 2241 Cowper Street, Apartment 12, Palo Alto, California 94301. Mr. Yun was employed by Lumos as a Machine Learning Engineer II from January 2021 through October 21, 2022. In his role, Mr. Yun had direct access to proprietary training datasets, model hyperparameters, and feature-engineering libraries used in the devel

III. TRADE SECRETS AT ISSUE The complaint identified five distinct categories of proprietary technology and information that Lumos alleged constituted trade secrets under the California Uniform Trade Secrets Act, California Civil Code sections 3426 through 3426.11 ("CUTSA"). Each category was the subject of substantial protective measures by Lumos, including access controls, encryption, and the PIIAA obligations desc

1. LumosEdge Ensemble Machine-Learning Model Architecture. This category encompasses the proprietary neural-network topology, ensemble model design, and hyperparameter configurations that form the foundation of the LumosEdge signal-generation engine. The architecture represents years of iterative research and development and embodies Lumos's core competitive advantage in predictive analytics for institutional portfol

2. Proprietary Feature-Engineering Libraries. Lumos developed and maintains a comprehensive library of 2,847 individually engineered features specifically designed for financial signal generation. These features represent a substantial investment of engineering time and domain expertise, and their specific composition and configuration are not publicly known or readily ascertainable.

3. DataStream ETL Pipeline Codebase and Data-Schema Definitions. The DataStream system's codebase, together with its data-schema definitions covering ingestion from forty-three (43) alternative-data vendors, constitutes a critical piece of Lumos's proprietary technology infrastructure. The pipeline codebase reflects not only the software logic for data extraction, transformation, and loading, but also the specific ve

4. Curated and Labeled Training Dataset. Lumos assembled a curated and labeled training dataset of approximately 14.6 terabytes of historical financial and alternative data. This dataset was used to train and validate the LumosEdge machine-learning models. The curation and labeling of this dataset represents a substantial investment of both computational resources and expert human judgment, and the dataset's specific

5. Confidential Product Roadmap Documents for 2023–2025. This category includes Lumos's unreleased product roadmap documents, most notably the thirty-seven-page (37-page) PDF detailing the specifications for LumosEdge 3.0, Lumos's next-generation platform. These documents contain confidential strategic planning information, projected feature sets, anticipated release timelines, and planned market positioning that, if

IV. EVIDENCE OF MISAPPROPRIATION On December 12, 2022, Lumos's internal IT security team identified anomalous data-exfiltration activity in connection with the final weeks of the three individual Defendants' employment at Lumos. The IT security review was initiated as part of a routine post-departure audit prompted by the unusual pattern of nearly simultaneous resignations by key technical employees. The investigatio

V. RESTRICTIVE COVENANT AND CONTRACTUAL PROVISIONS Each of the three individual Defendants — Rajiv Anand, Serena Mallick, and Derek Yun — executed Lumos's standard Proprietary Information and Inventions Assignment Agreement ("PIIAA") upon the commencement of their respective employment with the company. The PIIAA is Lumos's principal contractual mechanism for protecting its intellectual property and confidential info

VI. ENGAGEMENT AND PRE-LITIGATION PHASE December 15, 2022 — Retention of Calderwood & Harkness LLP. Lumos retained Calderwood & Harkness LLP to represent it in connection with the suspected trade-secret misappropriation. The engagement letter was executed on December 15, 2022, and was addressed to Thomas Brightwell, General Counsel of Lumos. The firm's internal staffing assignments were as follows: Marcus Delgado was

VII. LITIGATION CHRONOLOGY A. Filing of Complaint and TRO/Preliminary Injunction Phase January 19, 2023 — Verified Complaint Filed. On January 19, 2023, Calderwood & Harkness LLP filed a Verified Complaint on behalf of Lumos in the Superior Court of the State of California, County of Santa Clara, initiating Case No. 23-CV-004871. The case was assigned to Hon. David Rutherford. The Verified Complaint asserted five cau

1. First Cause of Action — Misappropriation of Trade Secrets under the California Uniform Trade Secrets Act, California Civil Code sections 3426 through 3426.11, against all Defendants.

2. Second Cause of Action — Breach of Contract (PIIAA) against Rajiv Anand, Serena Mallick, and Derek Yun.

3. Third Cause of Action — Breach of Duty of Loyalty against Rajiv Anand, Serena Mallick, and Derek Yun.

4. Fourth Cause of Action — Unfair Business Practices under California Business and Professions Code section 17200, against all Defendants.

5. Fifth Cause of Action — Conversion against all Defendants. January 19, 2023 — Ex Parte Application for TRO. Simultaneously with the filing of the Verified Complaint, Calderwood & Harkness LLP filed an ex parte application for a Temporary Restraining Order ("TRO") and an Order to Show Cause regarding a Preliminary Injunction. The application was supported by a detailed memorandum of points and authorities, as well

VIII. MEDIATION AND SETTLEMENT A. Mediation September 6, 2023 — Full-Day Mediation. A full-day mediation session was conducted on September 6, 2023, before Hon. Eleanor Voss (Ret.) at the offices of Tidewater Mediation Group, located at 160 West Santa Clara Street, Suite 1050, San Jose, California 95113. Judge Voss was selected by agreement of the parties based on her extensive experience mediating complex commercial

1. Monetary Relief. NovaSpark Technologies Inc. agreed to pay Lumos Analytics Inc. a lump-sum settlement payment of Four Million Three Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($4,350,000) within thirty (30) days of execution of the Settlement Agreement, establishing a payment deadline of October 22, 2023. The settlement payment was received by Lumos on October 18, 2023, four (4) days prior to the contractual deadline. Payment

2. Stipulated Permanent Injunction. The parties agreed to the entry of a Stipulated Permanent Injunction permanently enjoining all Defendants — NovaSpark Technologies Inc., Rajiv Anand, Serena Mallick, and Derek Yun — from possessing, using, disclosing, or exploiting any Lumos trade secrets, as defined in the five categories identified in the complaint and set forth in the injunction.

3. Forensic Remediation. The Settlement Agreement required the complete forensic remediation of all Lumos proprietary materials, including the verified deletion and destruction of all Lumos files, code, data, and documents from all NovaSpark systems (servers, workstations, and repositories), all personal devices of the three individual Defendants (laptops, phones, and external drives), and all cloud storage accounts

4. Personal Covenants. Each of the three individual Defendants — Rajiv Anand, Serena Mallick, and Derek Yun — personally covenanted not to use, disclose, or exploit Lumos trade secrets in any future employment, consulting engagement, or business venture for a period of five (5) years from the effective date of the Settlement Agreement, September 22, 2023. This five-year personal covenant extends well beyond the three

5. Audit Rights. Brindoval Digital Forensics LLC retains audit rights over NovaSpark Technologies Inc. for a period of eighteen (18) months from the effective date of the Settlement Agreement. These audit rights permit Brindoval to conduct periodic inspections and forensic examinations of NovaSpark's systems to verify ongoing compliance with the terms of the settlement and the Stipulated Permanent Injunction.

6. NovaSpark Continued Operations. The Settlement Agreement permits NovaSpark Technologies Inc. to continue its operations, subject to the condition that any competing products or services must be developed using only independently created technology or publicly available technology and data. NovaSpark's compliance with this requirement is subject to the audit rights described above. This provision reflects a balance

7. Mutual Non-Disparagement. The Settlement Agreement includes a mutual non-disparagement clause, pursuant to which all parties agree to refrain from making disparaging or derogatory statements about any other party in connection with the litigation, the underlying facts, or the terms of the settlement.

8. Confidentiality of Settlement Terms. The terms of the Settlement Agreement are confidential and may not be disclosed by any party, except as required by law, regulation, or court order. The sole exception is the Stipulated Permanent Injunction, which was filed with the Court and is a matter of public record.

9. Forensic Examiner Costs. The total fees charged by Brindoval Digital Forensics LLC for the forensic examination and remediation were $218,600. These costs were allocated in accordance with the Court's original cost-allocation order and as reaffirmed in the Settlement Agreement: sixty percent (60%) to the Defendants/NovaSpark ($131,160) and forty percent (40%) to Lumos ($87,440). Settlement as Percentage of Estimat

IX. POST-SETTLEMENT IMPLEMENTATION A. Stipulated Permanent Injunction October 4, 2023 — Entry of Stipulated Permanent Injunction. On October 4, 2023, the Stipulated Permanent Injunction (Injunction-by-Consent) was filed with the Superior Court of the State of California, County of Santa Clara, and entered by Hon. David Rutherford. The injunction permanently enjoins NovaSpark Technologies Inc., Rajiv Anand, Serena Mal

X. FEES AND COSTS SUMMARY A. Calderwood & Harkness LLP Fees Total professional fees billed by Calderwood & Harkness LLP for this matter were $1,287,450. The billing rates for the attorneys staffed on the matter were as follows: The total fees reflect time expended across all phases of the engagement, including pre-litigation investigation and strategy, the TRO and preliminary injunction proceedings, written discovery

XI. KEY DOCUMENTS INDEX The following is an index of key documents generated or received during the course of this matter. All documents are maintained in the firm's document management system under Matter No. 1008-00005 and should be preserved in accordance with the firm's document retention policies.

1. Engagement Letter (December 15, 2022)

2. Case Assessment and Litigation Strategy Memorandum (January 5, 2023)

3. Cease-and-Desist Letters to Rajiv Anand, Serena Mallick, Derek Yun, and NovaSpark Technologies Inc. (January 9, 2023)

4. Evidence Preservation and Internal Hold Notice Memorandum (January 11, 2023)

5. Verified Complaint (January 19, 2023)

6. Ex Parte Application for Temporary Restraining Order and Supporting Declarations of Priya Chandrasekaran and Rachel Fong (January 19, 2023)

7. Order Granting Temporary Restraining Order (January 23, 2023)

8. Preliminary Injunction Order (February 17, 2023)

9. Stipulation and Order Appointing Brindoval Digital Forensics LLC as Neutral Forensic Examiner (March 8, 2023)

10. Stipulated Protective Order (March 15, 2023)

11. Plaintiff's First Set of Requests for Production of Documents and Special Interrogatories (March 20, 2023)

12. Brindoval Digital Forensics LLC — Preliminary Forensic Report (May 1, 2023)

13. Deposition Transcript — Rajiv Anand (May 15, 2023)

14. Deposition Transcript — Serena Mallick (June 7, 2023)

15. Deposition Transcript — Derek Yun (June 22, 2023)

16. Internal Damages Analysis and Settlement Valuation Memorandum (August 15, 2023)

17. Confidential Mediation Brief (August 30, 2023)

18. Settlement Agreement and Mutual Release (September 22, 2023)

19. Stipulated Permanent Injunction (October 4, 2023)

20. Brindoval Digital Forensics LLC — Final Forensic Remediation Certification (October 31, 2023)

21. Stipulation and Order of Dismissal with Prejudice (November 5, 2023)

XII. LESSONS LEARNED AND OBSERVATIONS The following observations are offered for the benefit of the firm and future matter teams in comparable trade-secret misappropriation cases: Rapid Injunctive Relief Strategy. The decision to pursue an ex parte TRO application simultaneously with the filing of the Verified Complaint proved to be critical to the successful outcome of this matter. The TRO, granted within four days

XIII. MATTER CLOSURE The following information summarizes the final status and closure of this matter: All settlement obligations have been fully performed. The monetary settlement payment of $4,350,000 was received on October 18, 2023. The Stipulated Permanent Injunction was entered by the Court on October 4, 2023. The forensic remediation was completed and certified by Brindoval Digital Forensics LLC on October 31,

XIV. SIGNATURE BLOCK Prepared by: ________________________________________ Wendy Schultz Lead Associate, intellectual Property Calderwood & Harkness LLP Date: November 5, 2023 Reviewed and Approved by: ________________________________________ Marcus Delgado Responsible Partner, intellectual Property Calderwood & Harkness LLP Date: November 5, 2023 PRIVILEGED AND CONFIDENTIAL — ATTORNEY WORK PRODUCT This memorandum is