8th Circuit Panel Affirms Summary Judgment Ruling In Trade Secrets Dispute

Mealey's (April 9, 2019, 1:57 PM EDT) -- ST. LOUIS — A federal district court did not err in granting a defendant’s motion for summary judgment in a trade secret misappropriation lawsuit because a company was on inquiry notice that the defendant was potentially misappropriating he company’s trade secrets in 2002 and failed to file its lawsuit within the statute of limitations, an Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel ruled April 4 in affirming (CMI Roadbuilding Inc. v. Iowa Parts Inc., No. 18-1075, 8th Cir., 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 9951)....