The District of Maryland recently awarded a software developer a mere $1.00 in nominal damages for contract and trade secret claims against a former employee, citing the immateriality.
Greenberg Traurig’s Trade Secrets 2022 Year in Review provides a high-level overview of some of 2022’s most significant trade secret decisions in the United States. 2022 was another active year in trade secret litigation, and the decisions summarized here touch on the most important issues in trade secret litigation.
Fourth Circuit ruled on an employer’s second appeal of the district court’s judgment in favor of an employee in a dispute arising under the Maryland Uniform Trade Secrets. The ruling and precedent relates to the use and misappropriation of confidential corporate information
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit Civil Practice; removal to federal court: Where the Baltimore mayor and city council sued oil and energy companies in state court for substantially contributing to greenhouse-gas pollution, global warming and climate change, and the suit was based entirely on state law, there was no basis for removal .
U.S. appeals court revives Bethesda-based software company’s bid to receive compensation from ex-product development director who misappropriated trade secrets.