MALLET AND COMPANY INC. v. LACAYO et al

  1. January 02, 2026

    Baking Co. Sanctioned For Sharing Secret Formula In Affidavit

    A baking-products company that a Pennsylvania jury found to have copied a rival's formula will face $11.4 million in legal bills and a permanent ban on making certain products after sharing details of the allegedly copied goods in publicly accessible court documents, a federal judge has ruled.

  2. May 07, 2025

    Baking Co. Says Trade Secret Sanctions Bid Is Undercooked

    An Ohio baking products company says it shouldn't be sanctioned for sharing some of the ingredients in one of its products in a temporarily public court filing, since the same ingredients had been discussed in open court during testimony about how that product allegedly differed from the trade-secret recipe a rival was trying to protect.

  3. May 01, 2025

    Baking Co. Burned For Revealing Recipe After IP Trial Loss

    A Pennsylvania federal judge had strong words of warning Wednesday for Bundy Baking Solutions, a baking products company that lost a jury trial over a rival's trade secrets and responded to a motion for a permanent ban by allegedly disclosing some of those same secrets on a public docket.

  4. April 13, 2025

    Baking Chemicals Co. Wins $7.25M In Trade Secrets Trial

    A Pennsylvania jury on Friday awarded $7.25 million to a baking chemicals maker that claimed a former partner-turned-rival and two ex-employees stole trade secrets, following a weeklong trial in Pittsburgh's federal court.

  5. April 07, 2025

    Bakery Oil Trial Begins With Split Over Formulas' Secrecy

    Pittsburgh commercial bakery supplier Mallet & Co. told a federal jury Monday that a partner-turned-rival enticed former employees to help it start a competing business, Synova, in the field of release agents, or the oils and lubricants that keep baked goods from sticking to their pans.