Businesses Permitted To Amend Complaint To Add Trade Secrets Claims

Mealey's (March 22, 2018, 10:13 AM EDT) -- BALTIMORE — A group of businesses may amend their complaint to add claims for violation of state and federal trade secrets law, as well as other claims, because amendment would not prejudice the defendant in the action and the amendment would not be futile, a federal judge in Maryland ruled March 20 in granting the plaintiffs’ motion to amend and denying other motions as moot (Albert S. Smyth Co. Inc., et al. v. Mark A. Motes, et al., No. CCB-17-677, D. Md., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 45115)....