Mealey's ( June 28, 2019, 2:35 PM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — A plaintiff in a trade secret misappropriation lawsuit against certain of its former employees and its direct competitor and U. S. subsidiary has failed to demonstrate a substantial likelihood of success on the merits or that it will suffer irreparable harm if a preliminary injunction preventing the defendants from continuing to misappropriate its proprietary source code is not granted, a federal magistrate judge in California ruled June 25 (Citcon USA LLC v. RiverPay Inc. , et al. , No. 18-2585, N. D. Calif. , 2019 U. S. Dist. LEXIS 106295). . . .