Federal Judge Dismisses Insurer’s Suit Alleging Trade Secret Misappropriation

Mealey's (February 24, 2017, 12:37 PM EST) -- ATLANTA — A federal judge in Georgia on Feb. 22 held that an insurer has failed to show that defendants misappropriated trade secrets to establish a competing business or that they violated the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA), dismissing the insurer’s lawsuit with prejudice (HCC Insurance Holdings, Inc. v. Valda Flowers, et al., No. 15-3262, N.D. Ga., 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 24852)....