Mealey's (March 12, 2019, 1:06 PM EDT) -- SAN JOSE, Calif. — A federal judge in California on March 8 ruled that defendants in a criminal action alleging that they stole confidential information and trade secrets from their former employer prior to accepting positions with another company were improperly joined in the action under Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 8(b) (United States v. Katherine Mogal, et al., No. 18-cr-0259, N.D. Calif., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 37908)....