Case: Trade Secrets/Procedure (J.P.M.L.)

Ahern Rentals Inc.'s motion under U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation Rule 7.1, to vacate orders that conditionally transferred AR’s trade secret actions against EquipmentShare.com Inc. and others to MDL No. 2945, was denied by the panel. The panel noted that the MDL No. 2945 actions involve factual questions arising out of allegations of a nationwide scheme by common defendant EquipmentShare to capture market share in the equipment rental business from common plaintiff Ahern by (1) luring away its employees and customers and (2) using Ahern’s confidential and proprietary information and trade secrets. The panel found these actions involve common ...