Emerge Diagnostics filed an employment lawsuit against founder and former CTO Philip Reaston on Thursday in California Southern District Court. The suit, brought by Miller Nash Graham & Dunn, accuses the defendant of downloading confidential materials and refusing to provide access to IT systems unless the company offered a favorable employment renewal contract or severance agreement. Counsel have not yet appeared for the defendant. The case is 3:22-cv-02064, Emerge Diagnostics Inc. v. Reaston.

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