Attorney Fees, Costs Awarded To Defendant In Trade Secrets Dispute

Mealey's (October 26, 2018, 1:20 PM EDT) -- SEATTLE — A federal judge in Washington on Oct. 24 ruled that a defendant in a trade secrets misappropriation lawsuit is entitled to $293,711 in attorney fees and $25,051.20 in costs under Washington’s trade secrets law and the Economic Espionage Act (EEA) because a company’s claims against its former employee were “objectively specious” and were maintained for the improper purpose of preventing competition (RJB Wholesale Inc. v. Jeffrey Castleberry, et al., No. 16-1829, W.D. Wash., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 182640)....