Sarah Ring, partner at Porter Hedges in their Houston office. Courtesy photo Take Nothing: 2 Law Firms Trounce Multimillion-Dollar Trade Secrets Suit
After more than a year and a half of litigation, CAP Barbell abandoned the lawsuit completely on April 29, 2024, filing a motion to dismiss all claims, Porter Hedges said.
May 07, 2024 at 03:36 PM
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Trade Secrets
What You Need to Know
- Porter Hedges and Sorey & Hoover successfully defended two exercise equipment stores in a trade secrets lawsuit.
- The plaintiff, CAP Barbell, alleged the defendant companies' CEO used his position at Amazon to misappropriate high confidential CAP Barbell sales data.
Two law firms—Porter Hedges and Sorey & Hoover—secured a dismissal in Houston federal court for defendants BalanceFrom LLC and Hulkfit Products Inc., whom CAP Barbell Inc. sued for alleged theft of trade secrets and trade dress infringement.
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