(January 19, 2017, 12:33 PM EST) -- PHILADELPHIA — The Third Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Jan. 13 affirmed a lower federal court’s summary judgment ruling in favor of a company and its chief executive officer in their breach of contract and misappropriation of trade secrets lawsuit against their former employee, further affirming the court’s decision to convert a preliminary injunction against the defendant into a permanent one (Vizant Technologies LLC, et al. v. Julie P. Whitchurch, No. 16-1178, 3rd Cir.; 2017 U.S. App. LEXIS 688)....