Mealey's ( April 17, 2020, 2:19 PM EDT) -- NEW YORK — A federal magistrate judge in New York on April 16 recommended that a federal district court award declaratory judgment to a company in a trade secret misappropriation lawsuit against a former employee of its exclusive distributor, stating that any past, present or future use of the company’s trade secrets by the defendant for his own benefit is improper and that the defendant would be held liable to the company for any future damages coming from that continued use (Continental Industries Group Inc. v. Mehmet Altunkilic, No. 14-790, S.D. N.Y., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 66980)....