Judge Declines To Dismiss Counterclaims In Trade Secrets Dispute

Mealey's (April 10, 2019, 2:26 PM EDT) -- CHICAGO — A federal judge in Illinois on April 9 ruled that dismissal of counterclaims for a declaration that a former customer of a stored energy solutions provider did not misappropriate the provider’s trade secrets or breach any contract between the parties is not warranted, following the reasoning provided by another federal district court within the Seventh Circuit (LiiON LLC v. Vertiv Group Corp., et al., No. 18-6133, N.D. Ill., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 60705)....