DraftKings Claims Super Bowl Plans, VIP List Stolen by Exec (1)

DraftKings Inc. sued a former senior executive, alleging he stole the sports-betting site’s business plans for this Sunday’s Super Bowl and other confidential information to pass them to competitor Fanatics Inc.

In a suit filed Monday in federal court in Boston, DraftKings claims Michael Hermalyn, its former vice president of VIP management, downloaded the Super Bowl plans while he was secretly meeting with Fanatics Chief Executive Officer Michael Rubin to negotiate his move to that company last week.

DraftKings asked for a court order blocking Hermalyn from working with Fanatics or disclosing any confidential information he gained from his ...