( May 21, 2020, 2:59 PM EDT) -- LAKE CHARLES, La. — A Louisiana trial court erred in finding that a defendant in a trade secret misappropriation and breach of contract lawsuit was merely a “passive owner” of a rubber and gasket company during time between entering into an act of sale and its execution when she and other defendants are alleged to have misappropriated the company’s trade secrets, a Louisiana appellate panel ruled May 20 in ruling that the trial court erred in dismissing claims against her for violations of Louisiana trade practices and trade secret law (Vesta Halay Johnston, et al. v. Susan Halay Vincent, et al., No. 19-55, La. App., 3rd Cir., 2020 La. App. LEXIS 769)....