Company Failed To Show That Information Was A Trade Secret, Judge Rules

(March 24, 2017, 3:03 PM EDT) -- PADUCAH, Ky. — A company has failed to state a claim for misappropriation of trade secrets because it has not shown that the information allegedly misappropriated by two former employees is a trade secret under state or federal law, a federal judge in Kentucky ruled Feb. 24 in granting in part and denying in part a motion to dismiss (Raben Tire Co. LLC v. Dennis McFarland, et al., No. 16-0141, W.D. Ky., 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 26051)....