Schlumberger Ltd. has filed a legal action against its former deputy general counsel for intellectual property, who went to work for another company that recently filed a patent infringement suit against Schlumberger.

Schlumberger on Friday filed for and was granted an ex parte temporary restraining order in Texas state court against Charlotte Rutherford, whom it accused of trade secret theft.

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