Attorneys representing a Boston staffing company that was ordered to pay a competitor agency greater than $5 million for allegedly misappropriating commerce secrets and techniques stated they intend to file a movement for judgment as a matter of legislation throughout the subsequent few weeks, arguing {that a} jury by no means recognized what data was stolen within the first place.
Throughout a June trial in U.S. District Courtroom for the District of Massachusetts, a jury discovered the defendants, Catapult Staffing, and the managing director of its Boston workplace, Andrew Dickhaut, responsible for $312,000 for misappropriating commerce secrets and techniques from BioPoint. Each firms establish, recruit and place certified candidates with employer purchasers trying to fill vacancies and the corporations obtain a “invoice price” for the marketing consultant’s work, in response to the district court’s order filed April 25.
