Drilling Company’s DTSA Claim Against Former Owner Survives Dismissal Bid

Mealey's ( November 5, 2020, 10:56 AM EST) -- DENVER — A directional drilling company has sufficiently pleaded its claim against its former owners and the wife of one of the former owners for trade secret misappropriation in violation of the Defend Trade Secrets Act (DTSA) because the company has properly pleaded each of the elements of the claim, a federal judge in Colorado ruled Nov. 3 (Dab Drilling Inc. v. Brandon Dabovich, et al., No. 18-1197, D. Colo., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 204926)....