Findings On Post-Trial Motions In Trade Secret Suit Survive 8th Circuit Scrutiny

(February 21, 2020, 12:24 PM EST) -- ST. LOUIS — A federal district court did not err in granting a defendant’s motion for judgment as a matter of law on a counterclaim for trade secret misappropriation in violation of Arkansas law that it brought against Walmart Inc. in a breach of contract lawsuit because the defendant sufficiently pleaded the necessary elements of its counterclaim, an Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel ruled Feb. 12 (Walmart Inc. v. Cuker Interactive LLC, Nos. 18-1959 and 18-2081, 8th Cir., 2020 U.S. App. LEXIS 4289)....