Trade Secret Law Claims Dismissed Against Independent Contractors

Mealey's (February 21, 2020, 9:52 AM EST) -- PITTSBURGH — A federal judge in Pennsylvania on Feb. 14 adopted a federal magistrate judge’s report and recommendation to dismiss several claims in a breach of contract and trade secret misappropriation lawsuit filed by a tax services provider against two of its former independent contractors and an industry competitor they formed based on a lack of any objections filed in response to the report and recommendation, as well as the judge’s review of the record (Profit Point Tax Technologies Inc. v. DPAD Group LLP, et al., No. 19-698, W.D. Pa., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 28477)....