Majority Of Claims In Company’s Trade Secrets Suit Pass Muster, Judge Rules

Mealey's (October 23, 2020, 11:25 AM EDT) -- HOT SPRINGS, Ark. — A federal judge in Arkansas on Oct. 2 ruled that a provider of services in the forest products industry has sufficiently stated a majority of its claims against a former employee alleged to have taken part in a scheme with others to steal the company’s confidential and trade secret information and use the information to form a competing company in violation of state and federal trade secrets law (Timber Automation LLC v. FiberPro LLC, et al., No. 20-6076, W.D. Ark., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 183560)....