Panel Won’t Overturn Court’s Summary Judgment Ruling In Trade Secrets Suit

Mealey's (June 5, 2017, 9:48 AM EDT) -- RICHMOND, Va. — A federal district court judge did not err in granting summary judgment in favor of defendants in a misappropriation of trade secrets lawsuit and did not err in declining to grant a company’s request for an adverse inference based on the defendants’ spoliation of evidence, a Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel ruled May 30 (Integrated Direct Marketing LLC v. Drew May, et al., No. 16-1032, 4th Cir., 2017 U.S. App. LEXIS 9369)....