Direct Biologics Gets New Look in Noncompete, Trade Secrets Case

Biotech company Direct Biologics LLC will have another shot at requesting a court order to block a former employee from using its trade secret information, a federal appeals court ruled.

DB alleges that Adam McQueen, a former executive vice president for the company, violated a noncompete and confidentiality agreements when he went to work for competitor Vivex Biologics Inc., and that Vivex violated federal and state laws barring theft of secrets.

The US District Court for the Western District of Texas must reconsider its denial of DB’s motion for preliminary injunction because it failed to consider whether it was likely ...