Judge:  Former Client Failed To Show That Attorney Misappropriated Trade Secrets

Mealey's (March 18, 2020, 10:45 AM EDT) -- DETROIT — A federal judge in Michigan on March 13 ruled that an attorney is entitled to summary judgment on claims that she misappropriated a former client’s trade secret information when she filed a breach of warranty lawsuit against her former client on behalf of another plaintiff using the former client’s case files because the former client failed to show that it owned or kept the case files it alleged she misappropriated confidential (FCA US LLC v. Patrea Bullock, No. 17-13972, E.D. Mich., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 43632)....