Interesting piece regarding Wal-Mart's attorneys visiting an Arkansas judge's home after hours to obtain a temporary restraining order. The injunction, issued on an ex parte basis, was designed to prevent an imminent disclosure of trade secrets.
Increasingly, America's economic preeminence in the world is challenged by other nations, including most notably China. In some cases, "economic espionage" is alleged when American trade secrets are taken abroad. Here's an interesting story about DuPont's trade secrets that were taken in the U.S. and, it was believed, bound for China:
http://www.delawareonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070302/NEWS/703020363/-1/NEWS01
Misappropriation of trade secret lawsuits usually focus on potential civil remedies that might be recovered. However, a businessman who worked near Lufkin, Texas, was recently sentenced to seven years in prison for allegedly stealing company trade secrets. The full story is here:
http://www.news-journal.com/news/content/region/ETtoday/stories/2007/03/02/mcclain_sentence.html
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