RICO, Trade Secret Claims Dismissed; Suit Remanded To State Court

Mealey's (March 21, 2019, 2:11 PM EDT) -- SAN JOSE, Calif. — An architect and his firm have failed to cure pleading deficiencies that led to the dismissal of his fourth amended complaint in a Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act and trade secret misappropriation lawsuit against Google LLC and others, a federal judge in California ruled March 19 in dismissing the plaintiffs’ RICO and federal trade secret misappropriation law claims with prejudice (Eli Attia, et al. v. Google LLC, et al., No. 17-6037, N.D. Calif., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 99400)....