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Trade Secret Case Successfully Settled

  • Client: Martin MacDowell
  • Date: 2006
  • Location: Cook County, Illinois

Summary:

Schiff Hardin represented Mr. MacDowell, a marketing consultant who had recently been hired by one of Smithfield Food's subsidiaries, in this suit brought by Hormel Foods, a client of his former consulting firm.

Hormel alleged misappropriation of trade secrets and violation of restrictive covenants. The case was settled.

Hormel Foods Corporation v. MacDowell, RMH Foods, LLC, and Smithfield Foods, Inc., No. 05 CH 10478 (Cook County, Illinois, 2006)
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