TradeSecrets

ilsteam
March 23, 2018

Court Grants Performance Pulsation Control’s Motion to Compel in Part, Ordering Defendants to Produce Certain Requested ESI

In Performance Pulsation Control, Inc. v. Sigma Drilling Technologies, LLC, No. 4:17-CV-00450, (E.D. Tex. Jan. 23, 2018), Performance Pulsation Control, Inc., (“PPC”) alleges that Justin Manley (“J. Manley”), a former employee, formed a competing company, Sigma Drilling Technologies, LLC (“Sigma”), to market and sell pulsation control products that he developed within the course of his

ilsteam
January 12, 2018

Court Rejects Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss In Trade Secret Theft via Dropbox Account Case

In Abbott Laboratories v. Finkel, No. 17-cv-00894-CMA, Dist. Court, (D. Colo. 2017), a dispute arose after Defendant transferred company information and documents into a Dropbox account. On December 8, 2014, Plaintiff Abbott Laboratories (“Abbott”) hired Defendant Dustin Finkel as a General Manager for its Nutrition Division. While Defendant worked for Plaintiff, he had access to