Failure To Show Trade Secret Misappropriation Leads To Summary Judgment Ruling

Mealey's (September 19, 2018, 1:21 PM EDT) -- LAFAYETTE, La. — Defendants in a trade secret misappropriation lawsuit are entitled to summary judgment for claims of state and federal trade secret misappropriation violations against them because plaintiffs failed to sufficiently show that the defendants “misappropriated any trade secrets or use any improper means,” a federal magistrate judge in Louisiana ruled Sept. 17 in granting in part and denying in part the motion (Richard Sapienza v. Trahan, et al., No. 16-1701, W.D. La., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 158435)....