Mealey's (August 3, 2018, 9:04 AM EDT) -- CHICAGO — A federal judge in Illinois on July 23 granted motions to dismiss filed by defendants in a trade secret misappropriation lawsuit, ruling that the alleged misappropriation that is the subject of the Defend Trade Secrets Act (DTSA) claim occurred prior to the statute’s enactment (Jack Mann v. Heather Bales, et al., No. 16-9623, N.D. Ill., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 122754)....