Judge:  Sufficiently Pleaded Trade Secrets Claim Bars Judgment On The Pleadings

Mealey's (June 12, 2019, 10:20 AM EDT) -- ROCKFORD, Ill. — A federal judge in Illinois on June 10 ruled that a developer and manufacturer of dispensers and closures for use in the packaging of consumer goods has sufficiently alleged the existence of a trade secret, as well as misappropriation under the “inevitable disclosure” doctrine, in alleging that its former employee violated state and federal trade secret laws after accepting a similar position with a competitor (AptarGroup Inc. v. Brenda Chamulak, No. 18-50328, N.D. Ill., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 96903)....