(November 14, 2017, 1:22 PM EST) -- LANSING, Mich. — A kitchen and bath retail store chain owner sued its direct competitor and three of its former employees in Michigan federal court on Nov. 10, alleging that the defendants misappropriated the plaintiff’s trade secrets and provided the information to the competitor in violation of state and federal trade secrets law (Williams Distributing Co. v. W.S. Townsend Co., et al., No. 17-0981, W.D. Mich.)....