By Glen Kulik and Patricia Brum (November 28, 2017, 1:26 PM EST) -- The recent ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in Jordan-Benel v. Universal City Studios Inc.[1] is the most significant decision of the past decade in the field of idea theft litigation in California. On Nov. 17, 2017, the Ninth Circuit denied a petition for rehearing in the case thus making final its recent holding that idea theft claims are not subject to the state's draconian anti-SLAPP statute. Jordan-Benel is the first published decision of any court in the United States on the issue, and had the case been decided differently, for all practical purposes it would have put an end to the protection of ideas in California law....