Potential Criminal Liability for Trade Secret Theft
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