Mealey's (January 12, 2018, 10:45 AM EST) -- ORLANDO, Fla. — An investor and consulting provider for start-up companies in the novelty snack food industry sued two former employees and their current employer in Florida federal court on Dec. 22, alleging that the former employees stole the plaintiffs’ business trade secrets and misappropriated them when they began working for their current employer, a direct competitor of the plaintiffs, in violation of state and federal trade secrets law (Keen Marketing and Manufacturing LLC, et al. v. Shawn Sweeney, et al., No. 17-2189, M.D. Fla.)....