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Civil Litigation,
Intellectual Property

Dec. 31, 2019

Self-driving car company may face sanctions in trade secrets case

A self-driving car company should be sanctioned for allegedly allowing its co-founder to review documents designated solely for attorneys, according to a competing company suing over stolen trade secrets claims.

Self-driving car company may face sanctions in trade secrets case
U.S. District Judge Edward Davila

A self-driving car company should be sanctioned for allegedly allowing its co-founder to review documents designated solely for attorneys, according to a competing company suing over stolen trade secrets claims.

Patrick Lam, an executive at Zhong Zhi Xing Technology Co. Ltd., improperly read and summarized WeRide Corp.'s classified contracts to write a letter to Chinese municipal authorities for unrelated legal proceedings in China...

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