Company Pleaded Necessary Elements Of Federal Trade Secrets Claim, Judge Rules

Mealey's (August 31, 2017, 1:56 PM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — Dismissal of a Defend Trade Secrets Act (DTSA) claim against a company’s former employee and others is not warranted because the company has properly pleaded the existence of trade secrets, that the trade secrets were misappropriated and that the trade secrets are related to products used in foreign commerce as required under the DTSA, a federal judge in Louisiana ruled Aug. 29 in granting in part and denying in part motions to dismiss (Source Production & Equipment Co. Inc., et al. v. Kevin J. Schehr, et al., No. 16-17528, E.D. La., 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 138407)....