A federal choose in Maryland declined to dismiss commerce secret and non-compete allegations towards a former top-level government of a nuclear logistics firm, discovering the plaintiff’s allegations that the ex-employee took confidential data earlier than shifting to a task with a direct competitor have been detailed sufficient to proceed.
The defendant, Robert Strang, is the previous president of Transport Logistics, Inc. (TLI), which was acquired by Orano in October 2021. For the reason that cut-off date of the TLI acquisition, Orano has been integrating TLI’s enterprise into its U.S. nuclear transports enterprise, operated below TN Americas (TNA), the plaintiff within the current matter, TN Americas v. Robert Strang.