Employees Strike Back Against Former Employer For Alleged Bogus Claim of Trade Secret Misappropriation

A state court issued a preliminary injunction for alleged trade secret misappropriation, but the enjoined parties successfully used post-injunction discovery to convince the court that the complaint was baseless.  Those parties then filed a federal court lawsuit for abuse of process and other torts.  In Peek v. Whittaker, Case No. 2:13-cv-01188 (W.D. Pa., May 22, 2014), the court held that most of the counts stated causes of action.

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