Arkansas Trade Secret Lawsuit Heats Up With Counterclaim
The defendants have filed a significant counterclaim in the Arkansas trade secret case Illumination Station v. Cook (previously posted here on 4/13/07 and here on 6/15/07).
The defendants filed an answer and counterclaim which raises no less than 40 affirmative defenses and numerous causes of action. The counterclaim makes three general allegations: (1) plaintiffs forged an employment contract which plaintiffs used to defeat defendants' motion to dismiss. Defendants maintain they were never employees of plaintiffs; (2) plaintiffs failed to pay defendants for sales made while defendants were associated with plaintiffs; and (3) plaintiffs wrongfully induced defendants to sever their relationship with plaintiffs.
