Mealey's (March 21, 2019, 2:47 PM EDT) -- RICHMOND, Va. — A federal judge in Virginia on March 13 ruled that he did not err in bifurcating the trial in a breach of contract and antitrust lawsuit from counterclaims for state and federal trade secret misappropriation laws because the risk of jury confusion was great and the decision did not prejudice the defendant in a presentation of its “barriers-to-entry” defense to the plaintiff’s antitrust claims (Steves & Sons Inc. v. JELD-WEN Inc., No. 16-0545, E.D. Va., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 41229)....