Separate Accrual Rule Applies To Trade Secret Claims, Panel Rules

Mealey's (June 26, 2019, 1:49 PM EDT) -- PHILADELPHIA — A Third Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on June 21 partially reversed a federal district court’s grant of summary judgment to a defendant in a trade secrets misappropriation lawsuit, ruling that although any alleged misappropriation that occurred more than three years prior to the complaint being filed is time-barred, a defendant’s continued misappropriation after that time is actionable under the separate accrual rule (Heraeus Medical GmbH v. Esschem Inc., No. 18-1368, 3rd Cir., 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 18636)....