April 21, 2022
The Sixth Circuit will consider next week whether certain information on broccoli seeds can fall under trade secrets law when it hears the appeal of a dietary supplements brand that was ordered to pay a seed company more than $9 million after recruiting the outfit's research director. Here's a look at that case — plus all the other major intellectual property matters on deck in the coming week.
March 25, 2022
The ex-managing director of Hedgeye says the investment firm can't get around a New York federal judge's Twitter ban during the firm's trade secrets suit alleging he stole financial models, arguing that keeping inflammatory statements off of social media isn't a violation of free speech.
April 27, 2021
Hedgeye Risk Management LLC has launched a trade secret lawsuit in New York federal court accusing a former managing director of stealing the investment research house's financial models and running off to start his own competing business.