Trade Secrets & Employee Mobility

Latham & Watkins isn’t off the hook yet.

On April 17, 2012 and September 3, 2014, we blogged about a malicious prosecution claim brought against Latham & Watkins in the Los Angeles Superior Court.  The suit alleged the Plaintiffs, William Parrish and Timothy Fitzgibbons, were former officers and shareholders of Indigo Systems Corporation, which was purchased by FLIR Systems, Inc. in 2004.  From 2004 to 2006 the Plaintiffs worked for FLIR, leaving in 2006 to start their own business.  FLIR retained Latham & Watkins and sued Plaintiffs for, among other things, misappropriation of trade ...