Outcome
The court granted summary judgment for the insurance defendants, finding that the advertising liability provisions of Perdue's insurance policies did not cover the $30 million damage award from the underlying trade secret misappropriation case, because the damages were based on product development and marketing conduct, not on offensive conduct within the advertisements themselves.
What This Ruling Means
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