Perficient, Inc. v. Munley

3 Citing cases

  1. Perficient, Inc. v. Munley

    973 F.3d 914 (8th Cir. 2020)   Cited 9 times
    Explaining that because expiration of injunction mooted appeal, "[t]his is not a case of voluntary cessation of illegal conduct by the enjoined party"

    The court granted permanent injunctive relief of short duration, enjoining Munley from engaging in certain "Competing Duties" and from "disclosing any confidential information of which he learned or became aware during the course of his employment with Perficient," and enjoining Spaulding from "facilitating, coordinating, or acting in concert with Munley to violate this injunction or the enforceable restrictive covenants." Perficient, Inc. v. Munley, No. 4:19-CV-01565, 2019 WL 4247056, at *7-10, 12 (E.D. Mo. Sept. 5, 2019). The Honorable John A. Ross, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Missouri.

  2. Phyllis Schlafly Revocable Tr. v. Cori

    4:16-cv-01631-JAR (E.D. Mo. Mar. 28, 2022)   Cited 2 times

    “A trade secret meets two qualifications: (a) its owner has taken reasonable measures to keep it secret; and (b) it derives independent economic value from not being known to or easily ascertainable by another person who can obtain economic value from it.” Perficient, Inc. v. Munley, No. 4:19-CV-01565, 2019 WL 4247056, at *9 (E.D. Mo. Sept. 5, 2019) (citing 18 U.S.C. § 1839(3); Mo Rev. Stat. § 417.453(4)). Plaintiffs adequately alleged that the Schlafly Database is a trade secret, (Doc. No. 168 at 22), however, whether information constitutes a trade secret is a question of fact.

  3. MWG Enters. v. ETS Wound Care, LLC

    586 F. Supp. 3d 946 (E.D. Mo. 2022)   Cited 4 times

    To qualify as a trade secret, the subject-matter must meet two conditions: first, that "its owner has taken reasonable measures to keep it secret," and second, that "it derives independent economic value from not being known or easily ascertainable by another person who can obtain economic value from it." Perficient, Inc. v. Munley, 2019 WL 4247056, at *9 (E.D. Mo. Sept. 5, 2019) (citing 18 U.S.C. § 1839(3) ; MO. REV. STAT. § 417.453(4) ). "Misappropriation of trade secrets ‘occurs when (1) a person acquires the trade secret while knowing or having reason to know that he or she is doing so by improper means, (2) a person who has acquired or derived knowledge of the trade secret discloses it without the owner's consent, or (3) when a person who has acquired or derived knowledge of the trade secret uses it without the owner's consent.’ " Baumgart, 504 F. Supp. 3d at 1020 (citing Phyllis Schafly Revocable Trust v. Cori, 2016 WL 6611133, at *2 (E.D.Mo. 2016) ).