Plaintiff purchased IP assets from various companies engaged in manufacturing asphalt plants. Defendant began manufacturing replacement parts previously designed by the companies acquired by plaintiff. Plaintiff alleged that defendant, through employees previously employed by plaintiff’s acquired subsidiaries, misappropriated plaintiff’s ...

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Andover Healthcare, Inc. v. 3M Company (MLW No. 68989 – 6 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Colloton, J.)

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Central Trust and Investment Company v. SignalPoint Asset Management (MLW No. 66057/Case No. SC93182 – 18 pages) (Supreme Court of Missouri, Fischer, J.; Breckenridge, Stith, Draper, Wilson and Teitelman, JJ., and Bickel, Sp. J., concur. Russell, C.J., not participating)

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Central Trust and Investment Company v. Kennedy (MLW No. 64622/Case No. SD31658 – 17 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, Francis, J.)

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AvidAir Helicopter Supply, Inc. v. Rolls-Royce Corporation (MLW No. 63053/Case No. 10-3444 – 14 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Melloy, J.)

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Centene Corp. has filed a lawsuit against one of its former employees, alleging she attempted to sabotage its lobbying efforts and revealed company trade secrets. Centene filed the lawsuit against Julia Ciorletti, a former vice president of government relations in ...

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Centene Corp. has filed a lawsuit against one of its former employees alleging she attempted to sabotage its lobbying efforts and revealed company trade secrets. St. Louis-based Centene filed the lawsuit against Julia Ciorletti, a former vice president of government ...

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Legal malpractice defendant Lathrop & Gage is trying to take back in federal court ground the firm lost in state court. The lawsuit, first filed against the law firm by a former bank client, was removed to federal court in ...

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Where is your company’s sensitive information at this very moment? You may say that it is in the company’s files locked in someone’s office or in a certain directory on the company’s server. I hope you’re right. But according to ...

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A St. Louis-based box manufacturer and graphic display company says four former employees used the company’s trade secrets to compete against it. The company, Boxes Inc., is seeking more than $7.5 million in actual damages from the former employees and ...

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