Imaginative Research Associates, Inc. v. Ramirez

RULING ON DEFENDANTS’ MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

JANET BOND ARTERTON, District Judge.

Plaintiff Imaginative Research Associates, Inc. (“IRA”) brings this suit against Jose E. Ramirez (“Ramirez”), its former founder and partner, and Jose Ramirez, Ph.D., LLC (the “PhD LLC”) (collectively, “Defendants”), a company Ramirez founded after leaving IRA. IRA claims that after Ramirez left IRA, the Defendants disclosed and used IRA’s confidential information in violation of certain contractual, common-law, and statutory duties. Defendants assert counterclaims based on the same and other contracts as…