Workday and Washington State Settle Trade Secret Claims

Workday Inc. and Washington State University have settled their trade secret case with an agreement to protect Workday’s secrets from a public records request filed by a higher-education research firm.

The parties and Tambellini Group agreed to limit the group’s records request so it won’t include the information Workday sought to protect, according to a Jan. 3 court filing in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Washington.

WSU allegedly obtained Workday trade secrets when it contracted with the company to provide software. The Tambellini Group’s records request sought “numerous documents from WSU regarding Workday’s products and services, ...