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550	68	V. Conspiracy Not Preempted	Civil conspiracy is a theory of vicarious liability, not an independent tort (Agear Corp.). Chapter 33 does not supersede conspiracy's joint and several liability (Guillory v. Dietrich, Stephens v. Three Finger). Kassab's unpublished federal cases erroneously treated conspiracy as cause of action. No Texas caselaw holds TUTSA preempts conspiracy to misappropriate trade secrets. Texas trial courts continue to submit both (Whitlock). Conspiracy does not provide conflicting remedy — merely makes TUTSA damages joint and several. No more inconsistent with TUTSA than proportionate responsibility. Kassab's own TUTSA expert (Joseph Cleveland) assumes conspiracy can coexist with TUTSA.