January 06, 2017
A Manhattan federal judge on Friday stayed Purolite Corp.'s $1 billion trade secrets suit against Hitachi America Ltd. and Avantech Inc., citing the plaintiff's similar $777 million suit in Japan accusing Hitachi of pilfering secrets to secure decontamination work at the tsunami-ravaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.
October 25, 2016
Hitachi America Ltd. and AVANTech Inc. asked a New York federal court on Monday to stay discovery in a $1 billion suit accusing them of conspiring to steal Purolite Corp.'s trade secrets to secure contracts for water decontamination at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in Japan because various motions to toss the case and transfer it are still pending.
August 31, 2016
Purolite Corp. on Wednesday hit Hitachi America Ltd. and another firm with a $1 billion suit in New York federal court, accusing them of conspiring to steal Purolite's water treatment trade secrets in order to secure contracts for radioactive water decontamination at the tsunami-ravaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in Japan.