Defendants Pick Up Favorable Summary Judgment Rulings In Trade Secrets Suit

Mealey's (May 15, 2018, 2:08 PM EDT) -- MOBILE, Ala. — An oil and gas industry inspection, monitoring and testing services company has failed to show that its former employees engaged in any scheme to solicit other employees to work for its competitor in violation of provisions of the employment agreements or provided the competitor with any confidential or trade secret information in violation of the Defend Trade Secrets Act (DTSA), a federal judge in Alabama ruled May 10 in granting the defendants’ motions for summary judgment (Core Laboratories LP, et al. v. AmSpec, et al., No. 16-526, S.D. Ala.)....