Legal Opinion
Greenpeace, Inc. v. The Dow Chemical Company
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided August 21, 2014No. 13-CV-685PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BLACKBURNE-RIGSBY, Associate Judge:
This case involves alleged corporate espionage, and the issue of whether a corporation has a claim for trespass or conversion against another for rummaging through the corporation’s trash in search of “trade secrets” and other confidential information. Appellant Greenpeace, Inc. (“Greenpeace”) filed suit against appel-lees, 1 claiming that they conspired and engaged in various forms of unlawful corporate espionage with the intent to discover and undermine Greenpeace’s environmental campaigns. The trial court granted appellees’ motions to dismiss Greenpeace’s…
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