Cornerstone Health Care, P.A. v. Moore (Lawyers Weekly No. 15-15-0644, 6 pp.) (James Gale, C.J.) 2015 NCBC 62 Holding: While the notice of designation asserted that the claims in this case include trade secrets or other intellectual property within the ...

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Velocity Solutions, Inc. v. BSG, LLC (Lawyers Weekly No. 15-15-0535, 18 pp.) (James Gale, C.J.) 2015 NCBC 51 Holding: Before bringing their (now voluntarily dismissed) claims, plaintiffs conducted more than 20 interviews, reviewed publicly available information about defendant BSG, LLC’s ...

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DSM Dyneema, LLC v. Thagard (Lawyers Weekly No. 15-15-0437, 18 pp.) (Louis Bledsoe III, J.) 2015 NCBC 47 Holding: Even though plaintiff’s allegations of trade secrets misappropriation were not sufficient to permit reciprocal discovery, they were nonetheless specific enough to ...

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Koch Measurement Devices, Inc. v. Armke (Lawyers Weekly No. 15-15-0416, 23 pp.) (Gregory McGuire, J.) 2015 NCBC 42 Holding: Plaintiff alleges that its (now deceased) employee used its confidential information and inventory to help plaintiff’s web hoster to set up ...

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Safety Test & Equipment Co. v. American Safety Utility Corp. (Lawyers Weekly No. 15-15-0412, 31 pp.) (James Gale, C.J.) 2015 NCBC 37 Holding: Even without covenants not to compete or confidentiality agreements, plaintiff has made out prima facie claims of ...

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Le Bleu Corp. v. B. Kelley Enterprises (Lawyers Weekly No. 14-15-1160, 10 pp.) (James Gale, Ch. J.) 2014 NCBC 65 Holding: When plaintiffs sought to amend their complaint to add a trade secrets claim, defendants argued the amendment would be ...

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A federal appeals court has reversed a $919.9 million trade secrets award in an unpublished decision that bars the judge who tried the case from hearing it on remand. The decision focuses on the conduct of the case by Senior ...

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A software developer who created a unique program to help companies perform well on Internet searches will now have to search for over $263,000 after a Wake County judge ruled that he took protected trade secrets with him when he ...

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