State, Federal Trade Secrets Claims Trimmed In Misappropriation Suit

Mealey's (June 6, 2018, 9:22 AM EDT) -- CHICAGO — A federal judge in Illinois on June 4 dismissed a company’s state and federal trade secret law claims, ruling that it failed to show that its former employee and his current employer improperly acquired or used the company’s confidential or proprietary information in an effort to compete with it in the packaging industry (Industrial Packaging Supplies Inc. v. Matthew Channell, et al., No. 18-0165, N.D. Ill., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 93598)....