Court Affirms Ruling Axing Former Employee’s Trade Secret Claims

A fired employee who accused his former employer of trade secrets misappropriation failed to meet the minimum standards to properly safeguard the alleged secrets, the Tenth Circuit ruled, affirming a lower court’s decision axing two claims against the company.

John Snyder, the plaintiff-appellant, failed to sufficiently allege federal and Colorado trade secret law violations against Beam Technologies Inc. over a list of 40,000 insurance brokers Snyder compiled from his previous employer, according to the opinion filed Tuesday in the US Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit.

Circuit Judge Richard E.N. Federico said the district court’s ruling that Snyder had ...