Blass v. Flagstar Bancorp, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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• reasoning that “the only risk [the absent party] is exposed to by any of this litigation is that [the present party] will be found liable and will in turn sue [the absent party] as a joint tortfeasor”
• noting that the Act does not require that statements be “literally false” and that liability “arises if the commercial message or statement is either (1) literally false or (2) literally true or ambiguous, but has the tendency to deceive consumers”
• denying the defendant’s motion to dismiss and concluding that the plaintiff’s efforts, which included (1) confidentiality requirements for employees and contracting parties, and (2
• determining whether reasonable steps were taken “requires consideration of, but not entire reliance on, confidentiality agreements, which are but one factor of the analysis”
• analysis of whether reasonable steps were taken “requires consideration of, but not entire reliance on, confidentiality agreements, which are but one factor of the analysis”
• “[A] claim for misappropriation of trade secrets need not be pleaded with particularity.” (quoting Ctr. Pointe Sleep Assocs., LLC v. Panian, No. 08–cv- 1168, 2009 WL 789979, at (W.D. Pa. Mar. 18, 2009))

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).