“Internet Communications” Alone Insufficient To Invoke Florida Long-Arm Statute Against Lindsay Lohan In Trade Secrets Misappropriation Suit

White Wave International, Inc. filed an action in Florida against Lindsay Lohan, Lorit LLC, a company she has an indirect ownership interest in, and several other defendants arising out of a certain Confidentiality Agreement Between Firms (“CABF”) between White Wave and Lorit. It was alleged by White Wave that the CABF provided Lohan, Lorit and the other defendants with a time-limited opportunity to examine and obtain samples of White Wave’s product. It was further alleged that although Lorit made an offer to purchase the product from White Wave, the parties were unable to agree on a purchase price and the relationship was terminated. White Wave’s action arose, it alleged, when Lorit, Lohan and another defendant introduced a product which was claimed to contain the nearly identical ingredients as White Wave’s product.

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