April 15, 2021
Oil industry employment website Rigzone.com asked a federal judge in Texas on Wednesday to award it about $3 million in attorney fees and costs, on the heels of a jury verdict of about $3 million in a lawsuit where it alleged its creator stole its trade secrets to launch a competing website.
April 02, 2021
Oil industry employment website Rigzone.com has been awarded about $3 million in damages after a federal jury in Houston agreed that its creator stole its trade secrets to launch a competing website.
November 19, 2018
A Texas energy company told a federal court on Friday not to toss a corporate espionage suit, arguing that a jury should decide whether or not the allegedly stolen information qualifies as a trade secret.
June 26, 2017
An energy industry networking site that sued its former chief and his colleagues after they allegedly started a rival site with stolen information has reached a deal with the defendants, leading a Texas federal judge to conditionally dismiss the case Monday.
March 03, 2017
A U.S. magistrate judge in Houston on Friday recommended dismissing some claims against a former executive of an energy professional networking website in a suit alleging he was among several conspirators who stole proprietary information from the company to launch a rival website, but said some claims should remain.
January 23, 2017
An energy professional networking website urged a Texas federal judge Friday to keep a former executive in a suit claiming he conspired with others to steal information for a competitor's website, arguing it had adequately shown that he was a key member of the alleged conspiracy.
September 06, 2016
An energy professional networking website asked a Texas federal judge Friday not to toss conspiracy and aiding and abetting claims it brought against a former executive that allege he was among several conspirators who stole information from a competitor's website, saying it has adequately pled its claims.
August 08, 2016
A former executive of an energy professional networking website told a Texas federal judge on Friday that the conspiracy and the aiding and abetting claims brought against him that say he was among several conspirators who stole proprietary information from a competitor's website should be dismissed for lack of evidence.
June 13, 2016
The founder of an energy professional networking website was hit with a civil suit in Texas federal court Friday related to criminal charges he and several co-conspirators repeatedly stole proprietary information from a competitor’s website.