DTSA Claim Against Defense Contractor Dismissed As Insufficiently Pleaded

Mealey's (June 5, 2019, 1:20 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A federal judge in the District of Columbia on June 4 ruled that a defense contractor’s former employee failed to sufficiently plead his claim for trade secret misappropriation under the Defend Trade Secret Act (DTSA), agreeing with the defense contractor’s argument that his allegations are unsupported “legal conclusions” that are not actionable under the statute (Neil Zaccari v. Apprio Inc., No. 18-1560, D.C. Dist., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 92753)....