Magistrate Judge Recommends That Trade Secrets Claim Survive Dismissal Motion

(January 20, 2017, 3:20 PM EST) -- PITTSBURGH — A federal magistrate judge in Pennsylvania on Dec. 29 recommended that an engineering firm’s motion to dismiss in a diversity action be granted in part and denied in part, finding that although a steel company consented to its trade secrets being viewed by the U.S. Department of the Navy for a construction project, it did not consent to the information being shared with its competitors (Fleming Steel Co. v. Jacobs Engineering Group Inc., No. 16-727, W.D. Pa.; 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 180381)....