17 results for 'cat:"Employment" AND cat:"Trade Secrets" AND cat:"Contract"'.
J. Weisman partially grants a former energy management company employee’s motion for summary judgment on that company’s fraud, breach of contract and Illinois Trade Secrets Act violation claims against him. The company claims its former employee used company secrets and contacts to aid his new employer, one of its competitors. The court finds the company’s fraud claim is unsupported by evidence, but allows the rest of its allegations to move forward.
Court: USDC Northern District of Illinois, Judge: Weisman, Filed On: September 12, 2024, Case #: 1:21cv1665, NOS: Other Contract - Contract, Categories: employment, trade Secrets, contract
J. Brennan grants, in part, the attorney's motion to dismiss, ruling the contract claim filed by his former employer regarding his solicitation of former coworkers fails as a matter of law. That provision of his employment contract violates Ohio's rules of professional conduct and inhibits his ability to freely practice law.
Court: USDC Northern District of Ohio, Judge: Brennan, Filed On: September 4, 2024, Case #: 1:22cv1655, NOS: Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016 (DTSA) - Property Rights, Categories: employment, trade Secrets, contract
J. Lin declines to dismiss the former salespeople's contract counterclaim against the chemical distribution company's complaint, which alleges that the former salespeople conspired to use the company's trade secrets for a new company and that they "permanently deleted" company emails even though they were ordered not to by the company. The former salespeople sufficiently allege that the company violated the implied contract by making unauthorized deductions to the formers salespeople's wages, as they claim that the contract only allowed a deduction regarding a set percent of gross profit and not the other deductions they allege.
Court: USDC Western District of Washington, Judge: Lin, Filed On: August 29, 2024, Case #: 2:23cv775, NOS: Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016 (DTSA) - Property Rights, Categories: employment, trade Secrets, contract
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J. Boyle denies partial summary judgment for a survey company in its lawsuit against a former employee and his new employer, whom the company claims misappropriated its survey maps. Summary judgment on the company’s Defend Trade Secrets Act claim is denied because there are genuine issues of material fact as to whether the survey maps qualify as trade secrets. Summary judgment on the company’s breach of contract claim is denied because there are genuine issues of material fact as to whether the employee continued to be bound by a confidentiality agreement after he left the company and as to whether the employee’s actions constitute a breach of that agreement.
Court: USDC Northern District of Texas , Judge: Boyle, Filed On: August 1, 2024, Case #: 3:22cv2837, NOS: Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016 (DTSA) - Property Rights, Categories: employment, trade Secrets, contract
J. Graz finds a lower court properly granted declaratory judgment in favor of a former worker on contract claims brought by a chemical company. The chemical company argued that the former worker violated his agreement by refusing to adhere to non- solicitation, non- compete, and non- disclosure pacts. However, the former worker sufficiently showed in court that he was not an actual employee and did not owe contractual obligations to the chemical company based on lack of participation in an Equity plan. Affirmed.
Court: 8th Circuit, Judge: Grasz, Filed On: May 17, 2024, Case #: 23-1193, Categories: employment, trade Secrets, contract
J. Starr denies, in part, a former employee's motion for summary judgment on a motorsports company's trade secrets and other claims. There are questions of fact regarding the company's claims for unfair competition, breach of contract and trade secret misappropriation, among others.
Court: USDC Northern District of Texas , Judge: Starr, Filed On: February 6, 2024, Case #: 3:21cv2180, NOS: Trademark - Property Rights, Categories: employment, trade Secrets, contract