Funeral Software Secrets Stolen Via Ex-CEO, Park Lawn Says (1)

Park Lawn Corp., the owner of more than 200 cemeteries and funeral homes in Canada and the U.S., accused a U.K. startup of using Park Lawn’s former chief executive officer to steal trade secrets for software that automates record keeping and site management.

In a lawsuit filed Friday in federal court in Wilmington, Delaware, the company said rival PlotBox Inc. induced Andrew Clark to violate nondisclosure and noncompete agreements he signed before resigning as Park Lawn’s CEO and chairman earlier this year. PlotBox, which seeks to sell management software to funeral homes and cemeteries, made Clark its chairman in ...