Motorola Engineer’s Email Ruled Not Privileged In 2-Way Radio Trade Secret Suit

Mealey's (April 19, 2018, 10:57 AM EDT) -- CHICAGO — Even though an Illinois federal magistrate judge found that Motorola Solutions Inc. did not waive attorney-client privilege by filing a trade secret misappropriation suit against a competitor, he held in an April 17 ruling that the privilege did not apply to an email sought in discovery because the message did not involve attorneys or legal counsel (Motorola Solutions Inc. v. Hytera Communications Corp., et al., No. 1:17-cv-01973, N.D. Ill., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 64095)....