Bridgestone/Firestone, Inc. v. Lockhart

AMENDED FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW

HAMILTON, District Judge.

Introduction

This diversity action presents a broad range of factual and legal issues under Indiana law governing noncompetition covenants and trade secrets. Most of those issues involve a walk in a familiar legal landscape, but one issue requires the court to explore some new terrain. As explained below, the court finds that the former employer in this case is not entitled to injunctive relief or damages against its former employee on theories of breach of contract or misappropriation of trade secrets, or against the new…