Legal Opinion
Baker Hughes Inc. v. S&S Chemical, LLC
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided September 2, 2016No. 15-2413PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
RONALD LEE GILMAN, Circuit Judge.
Bruce Stevens worked for Baker Pe-trolite Corporation and its predecessor for approximately seven years. When his employment ended, Stevens signed a contract in which he promised to maintain the confidentiality of Baker Petrolite’s trade secrets. Baker Petrolite and its par ent company, Baker Hughes Incorporated (collectively, Baker), sued Stevens 18 years after the contract was signed, alleging a breach of their confidentiality agreement. Stevens’s defense, and the outcome of this case, hinges on the validity of a broadly worded settlement agreement…
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