Mealey's ( July 31, 2020, 8:21 AM EDT) -- RALEIGH, N.C. — A company that installs and maintains electrical transmission and distribution power lines has sufficiently pleaded its claim for trade secret misappropriation pursuant to North Carolina law with the required particularity in alleging that a former employee improperly removed the company's trade secret before his resignation and subsequent acceptance of employment with an industry competitor, a federal judge in North Carolina ruled July 13 (Volt Power LLC v. William "Billy" Butts, et al., No. 19-149, E.D. N.C., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 124402)....