Ray v. Allied Chemical Corp.

WEINFELD, District Judge.

The defendant moves to vacate eleven of twenty-two interrogatories propounded by the plaintiff, the answers to which it asserts would disclose in advance of trial its trade secrets in the research, testing, development and processing of various urea-formaldehyde foams and derivatives of urea and/or formaldehyde. The plaintiff urges that good cause is shown for disclosure at this time and asserts that the material sought reflects work performed by the defendant as a result of misappropriation of confidential disclosures made to it by him. The defendant, on the other…