The Second Circuit Court of Appeals has given employers more flexibility in pursuing trade secret claims that are based on an employee’s theft of a company’s computer files. In MacDermid, Inc. v. Deiter, No. 11-5388-cv (2d Cir., Dec. 26, 2012), the court found that misappropriation from a computer server located in one state is a sufficient basis to haul the employee into court in that state. The decision suggests this is true regardless of the lack of other contacts with the forum state.
