Mandamus Petition In Trade Secret Dispute Against Attorney Rejected

Mealey's (January 10, 2020, 1:37 PM EST) -- CINCINNATI — A Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on Dec. 20 denied an emergency petition for writ of mandamus filed by a client of two law firms formerly worked at by an attorney who later filed a pair of lawsuits against the client, rejecting the client’s request that the panel compel a federal district court to vacate two orders it handed down and to compel the forensic imaging and search of the attorney’s computers and cellular phones pursuant to a suggested protocol (In re:  FCA US LLC, No. 19-1923, 6th Cir., 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 38167)....