Attorney Fee Award Vacated In Trade Secret Misappropriation Suit

Mealey's (March 15, 2018, 2:43 PM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — A federal district court’s grant of summary judgment to defendants in a misappropriation of trade secrets and breach of contract lawsuit was the result of a lack of evidence presented by the company bringing the lawsuit to support each of its claims, a Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel ruled March 13 in affirming in part and vacating an award of attorney fees (GE Betz Inc. v. Michelle Moffitt-Johnston, et al., No. 15-20008, 5th Cir., 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 6242)....