October 15, 2021
A Third Circuit panel considering Mallet & Co.'s trade secret suit against rival baking equipment maker Synova LLC reversed an order blocking Synova from making certain products and employing former Mallet workers, finding Friday that Mallet must identify the particular trade secrets Synova allegedly misappropriated and demonstrate that they're protected.
April 16, 2021
The Third Circuit on Friday appeared skeptical that information possessed by two baking equipment company employees who defected for a competitor amounts to trade secrets, given that the appeals judges couldn't find the purportedly proprietary information in the case's record.
April 02, 2021
The Third Circuit's April oral argument lineup will have the court delving into how Westinghouse Electric's bankruptcy affects the forum of a workplace bias suit and whether the information possessed by baking chemical company employees can be considered trade secrets.