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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001441683-22-000052"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "APPN"
cik: "0001441683"
company_name: "APPIAN CORP"
filed_at: "2022-05-10T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-25T21:35:28.454187+00:00"
event_type: "litigation"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.95
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.95
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Appian awarded $2.036B jury verdict against Pegasystems for trade secret misappropriation

## Summary
- Jury awarded $2.036 billion in damages for misappropriation of trade secrets.
- Jury additionally awarded $1 in damages for violation of the Virginia Computer Crimes Act.
- Verdict returned on May 9, 2022 after a seven-week trial in Fairfax County Circuit Court.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001441683-22-000052
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: APPN
- cik: 0001441683
- company_name: APPIAN CORP
- filed_at: 2022-05-10T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: litigation
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.95
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.95
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1441683/000144168322000052/0001441683-22-000052-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1441683/000144168322000052/appn-20220510.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001441683-22-000052.txt

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