Waymo Not Required To Arbitrate Claims In Trade Secrets Suit, Panel Rules

Mealey's (September 18, 2017, 2:26 PM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — Controlling precedent does not require Waymo LLC to arbitrate its claims against Uber Technologies and others in a misappropriation of trade secrets lawsuit because Waymo does not cite employment agreements between it and a former employee at the center of the lawsuit as part of its claims, a Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel ruled Sept. 13 in affirming a federal court’s denial of Uber’s motion to compel arbitration (Waymo LLC v. Uber Technologies Inc., et al., No. 17-2130, Fed. Cir., 2017 U.S. App. LEXIS 17665)....