(November 2, 2017, 9:21 AM EDT) -- NEW YORK — Questions of material fact exist as to whether a former employee of a private plastic surgery center violated provisions of the Defend Trade Secrets Act (DTSA) by allegedly misappropriating the center’s trade secrets to form and operate a competing center, a federal judge in New York ruled Oct. 12 in denying the former employer’s and former employee’s summary judgment motions (Jeffrey S. Yager, M.D. v. Italia Vignieri, et al., No. 16-9367, S.D. N.Y., 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 169241)....