Trade Secrets Litigation News: Some Times It Is Not an Employee

Instead, the one stealing trade secrets can be a partner. Such was the story in Morrison & Foerster Wins $36 Million in Trade Secrets Trial

A San Jose, Calif., jury hit Luna Innovations for $36 million in damages in a trade secret case Tuesday, handing Hansen Medical and its lawyers at Morrison & Foerster the victory.

MoFo's Arturo Gonzalez had squared off with Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati's Jamie DiBoise in the three-week trial, culminating in animated closing arguments Thursday.

The jury took 1 1/2 days to come to a verdict. They found that Luna broke an agreement it had to help Hansen develop a robotic catheter and misused trade secrets to land a lucrative contract with a Hansen competitor, Intuitive Surgical Inc., instead.