Mealey's (July 21, 2020, 9:37 AM EDT) -- AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Supreme Court on July 17 declined review of a state appellate court's ruling that the Texas Citizens Participation Act (TCPA) does not apply in a trade secret misappropriation lawsuit stemming from communications between a recycling company formed by former employees of an industry competitor and scrap metal suppliers the industry competitor had alleged were contacted based on confidential and trade secret information obtained by the former employees prior to departing to start their competing business (Geomet Recycling LLC, et al. v. EMR [USA Holdings] Inc., et al., No. 20-0141, Tex. Sup.)....