Ex-Google Employee Agrees to Stop Publicly Sharing Trade Secrets

A Texas judge closed Google LLC’s case against a former employee after granting a permanent injunction forcing him to delete and stop releasing the company’s confidential information.

Judge Robert Pitman of the US District Court for the Western District of Texas entered a final judgment Monday after approving a joint stipulation in December forcing Harshit Roy to stop using and publishing the tech giant’s trade secrets.

Google and Roy told the court in December the former employee gave the tech giant his personal laptop and phone, as well as access to his email, Google Drive, and social media accounts for ...