(April 5, 2018, 6:20 PM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — A federal district court properly granted defendants in a misappropriation of trade secrets lawsuit an award of attorney fees and did not lack subject matter jurisdiction to do so, a Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel ruled March 26, rejecting a company’s argument that the award was improper because the defendants’ alleged misappropriation took place before the partial repeal of Texas’ trade secrets law (Automation Support Inc. v. Humble Design LLC, No. 17-10433, 5th Cir., 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 7880)....