(April 7, 2017, 7:47 AM EDT) -- ALLENTOWN, Pa. — Defendants have failed to show that dismissal of a Defend Trade Secrets Act (DTSA) claim is warranted in a misappropriation of trade secrets lawsuit because plaintiffs have properly pleaded that the defendants’ ongoing use of stolen trade secrets is within the scope of the statute, a federal judge in Pennsylvania ruled March 24 in denying the defendants’ motion to dismiss all of the federal claims (Brand Energy & Infrastructure Services Inc., et al. v. Irex Contracting Group, et al., No. 16-2499, E.D. Pa., 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 43497)....