Defendant Seeks Dismissal Of CBD Manufacturer’s Trade Secret Law Claims

Mealey's (February 21, 2020, 1:39 PM EST) -- WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — A manufacturer of cannabidiol-based (CBD) products has failed to sufficiently show that a former customer violated state and federal trade secret misappropriation laws when it entered into a direct manufacturing and production relationship with the manufacturer’s business partners and cut the plaintiff out of the business relationship because the manufacturer failed to show that the defendant was provided with any confidential or trade secret information, the former customer alleges in a Feb. 18 motion to dismiss filed in Florida federal court (Healthcare Resources Management Group LLC v EcoNatura All Healthy World LLC, et al., No. 19-81700, S.D. Fla.)....