Mealey's (October 19, 2018, 11:51 AM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — A Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on Oct. 17 ruled that a federal judge erred in granting summary judgment on claims for trade secret misappropriation and conversion in a trade secrets misappropriation lawsuit because it failed to first consider whether further discovery was necessary based on the discovery of evidence in a related Pennsylvania court action (Brand Services LLC v. Irex Corp., No. 17-30660, 5th Cir., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 29217)....