Hormel Sues Johnsonville over Trade Secret Theft Claims

Hormel sues Johnsonville over trade secret theft claims

Hormel sues Johnsonville, alleging trade secret theft, contract breaches, and employee poaching in a high-stakes dispute between sausage industry rivals.

Hormel Sues Rival Over Sausage Secrets

Hormel Foods takes legal action against Johnsonville over alleged trade secret theft, revealing a dramatic corporate battle in the sausage manufacturing industry.

Hormel sues Johnsonville for allegedly poaching employees, stealing trade secrets

Hormel Foods has filed a lawsuit against Johnsonville and two former employees, alleging theft of trade secrets and employee poaching.

Hormel files lawsuit alleging former staff leaked sausage-making secrets to Johnsonville

Meat processor says improper use of proprietary information or wrongful solicitation could put a manufacturer at a significant competitive economic disadvantage.

Minnesota-Based Hormel Sues Wisconsin’s Johnsonville Over ‘Trade Secrets’

Hormel Foods, Inc. is suing Johnsonville and two employees, accusing its Sheboygan Falls-based rival, of conspiring to steal “trade secrets.”Hormel is seeking unspecified monetary damages and is asking for the return and deletion of confidential data. The breakfast sausage maker is seeking unspecified monetary damages and is demanding the recipes be returned, according to court documents.“Johnsonville appears to have undertaken a coordinated eff…