Illinois Federal Magistrate Issues Discovery Rulings In Polymer Trade Secrets Suit

Mealey's (January 5, 2016, 10:14 AM EST) -- CHICAGO — Granting in part and denying in part the parties’ discovery motions in a lawsuit over the purported misappropriation of polymer production trade secrets by a former employee, an Illinois federal magistrate judge on Dec. 30 found discovery requests related to the formula and testing of the purportedly infringing items to be relevant and discoverable (PolyOne Corp. v. Yun Martin Lu, et al., No. 1:14-cv-10369, N.D. Ill.; 2015 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 172924)....