Insurer Fends Off Motion To Dismiss State, Federal Trade Secret Law Claims

Mealey's (October 1, 2019, 2:26 PM EDT) -- CHICAGO — A federal judge in Illinois on Sept. 30 ruled that an insurer has sufficiently alleged that Boeing Co. and its subsidiary used the insurer’s confidential and proprietary trade secret information in violation of state and federal trade secret laws for its aircraft purchase insurance business model in the creation of its own insurer with another insurance broker (Xavian Insurance Co. v. Boeing Capital Corp., No. 18-6222, N.D. Ill., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 167665)....