3rd Circuit Panel Denies Motion To Reopen Trade Secrets Case As Untimely

Mealey's (December 21, 2016, 11:20 AM EST) -- PHILADELPHIA — A Third Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on Oct. 25 affirmed judgment for defendants in a misappropriation of trade secrets action, finding that although newly discovered evidence was a valid basis for seeking to reopen the judgment, the appellant’s motion to reopen was untimely filed because such claims must be brought within one year after the entry of judgment (Corey L. Harris, et al. v. Greater Erie County Action Committee, et al., No. 16-2688, 3rd Cir.; 2016 U.S. App. LEXIS 19268)....