Defendant’s Attempt To Dismiss State, Federal Trade Secrets Law Claims Fails

Mealey's (February 13, 2018, 9:40 AM EST) -- NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — A company has properly pleaded each of the elements of its misappropriation of trade secrets claims under state and federal law, but its state law conversion and unjust enrichment claims are preempted by Virginia’s state trade secrets law, a federal judge in Virginia ruled Feb. 2 in substantially denying the competitor’s motion to dismiss (Space Systems/Loral LLC v. Orbital ATK Inc., No. 17-0025, E.D. Va., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 17756)....