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Nature of Suit Code: 890
Nature of Suit: Other Statutory Actions
Cause of Action: 18:1836(a) Injunction against Misappropriation of Trade Secrets

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

PENTAIR WATER POOL AND SPA, 

INC., a Delaware Corporation,

Plaintiff,

v.

DAVID MacCALLUM,

Defendant.

Case No. 3:19-cv-02479-DMS-AHG

ORDER GRANTING JOINT 

MOTION FOR STIPULATED 

PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION

Complaint Filed: December 26, 2019

District Judge: Dana M. Sabraw

Courtroom: 13A

Magistrate Judge: Allison H. Goddard

Courtroom: 3B

Having considered Plaintiff PENTAIR WATER POOL AND SPA, INC.’s

(“Pentair”) Ex Parte Motion for a Temporary Restraining Order and Pentair and 

Defendant DAVID MACCALLUM’s (“Defendant”) Joint Motion for a Preliminary 

Injunction (“Joint Motion”), and finding good cause for same, the Court hereby 

GRANTS the Joint Motion and orders as follows:

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED:

1. Stipulated Preliminary Injunction: 

a. This Preliminary Injunction is granted on the findings that i) both 

parties have stipulated to entry of this Preliminary Injunction in an effort to resolve 

this dispute; and that ii) Defendant MacCallum denies any wrongdoing and has agreed 

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to permit Pentair’s digital expert to conduct a digital forensic investigation; and that 

iii) Pentair has shown a reasonable likelihood of success on the merits of its trade 

secret misappropriation allegations that MacCallum copied his work e-mails and

Pentair’s confidential, proprietary, and competitively-valuable information without 

authorization, digitally altered the company laptop assigned to him, and then quit his 

position at Pentair and now works for a direct competitor; and that, iv) Pentair is 

suffering or will suffer immediate, irreparable injury if a preliminary injunction is not 

issued, because the timing and actions taken by MacCallum support a reasonable 

inference that the exfiltrated data will be used for improper purposes, and the 

exfiltrated data could be used by a competitor to immediately undercut Pentair’s 

pricing (which would eliminate Pentair’s pricing margins), raid Pentair’s sales 

relationships, and significantly injure Pentair’s goodwill.

b. MacCallum is ENJOINED from accessing, using, disclosing, or 

destroying Pentair’s confidential and proprietary information, and therefore is 

ORDERED as follows:

i. Within fourteen calendar days of the entry of this

Preliminary Injunction MacCallum shall turnover to digital forensics vendor Digital 

Mountain, Inc. any data or hard copy documents belonging to Pentair that are still in 

MacCallum’s possession, custody, or control.

ii. Within fourteen calendar days of the entry of the 

Preliminary Injunction MacCallum shall turnover to Digital Mountain, Inc. any 

devices he used to access or store Pentair’s data.

iii. Within fourteen calendar days of the entry of the 

Preliminary Injunction MacCallum shall turnover to Digital Mountain, Inc. any 

devices he used to access his Box.com account.

iv. Within fourteen calendar days of the entry of the 

Preliminary Injunction, and upon the reasonable subsequent request made by Digital 

Mountain, Inc., MacCallum shall turnover to Digital Mountain, Inc. any information 

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Digital Mountain, Inc. deems necessary to complete its digital investigation, which 

includes but is not limited to filling out and executing the Cloud Based Account and 

Personal Service Device Authorization Letters attached hereto as Exhibits 1 and 2. If 

MacCallum has a dispute regarding a turnover request by Digital Mountain, Inc. 

which cannot be resolved by the parties, the Magistrate Judge may hear and resolve 

the dispute in such a manner as the Magistrate Judge deems appropriate.

v. MacCallum shall maintain the confidentiality of Pentair’s 

information, including refraining from using or disclosing Pentair’s information.

vi. MacCallum shall preserve all evidence in his possession, 

custody, or control that is potentially relevant to this case.

c. The Court finds that the costs to MacCallum to comply with the 

agreed-upon preliminary injunction are negligible, if any, and therefore Pentair need 

not post any bond. 

2. Pentair’s Ex Parte Motion [ECF No. 2] for a Temporary Restraining

Order and Order to Show Cause why a Preliminary Injunction Should Not Issue is

DENIED AS MOOT. 

3. The evidence submitted by Pentair in support of the Ex Parte Motion for 

a Temporary Restraining Order shall not become part of the trial record pursuant to 

FRCP Rule 65 (a) (2), but neither Pentair nor MacCallum is hereby waiving any rights 

to introduce any relevant evidence at trial by virtue of this paragraph and shall not be 

precluded from introducing relevant evidence at trial by virtue of this paragraph. 

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4. MacCallum may move to dissolve the Preliminary Injunction after 

March 19, 2020.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 28, 2020

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