Judge: Consultant Not An Indispensable Party In Trade Secrets Suit

Mealey's (September 26, 2017, 1:34 PM EDT) -- CINCINNATI — Ruling that an outside management consultant is not an indispensable party in a misappropriation of trade secrets lawsuit, a federal judge in Ohio on Sept. 22 rejected a steel company’s motion to dismiss counterclaims filed by the steel company’s former transportation logistics partner (AK Steel Corp., et al. v. Pittsburgh Logistics Systems Inc., No. 16-1032, S.D. Ohio, 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 155208)....