HOUSTON — A Houston nuclear and radioactive waste disposal company is suing a former employee, alleging breach of fiduciary duty and misappropriation of trade secrets.
Nuclear Sources and Services Inc. filed a complaint on May 24, in the Harris County Circuit Court against Matthew Poore of Pearland, alleging he violated the Texas Uniform Trade Secrets Act.
According to the complaint, on May 3, Nuclear Sources became aware that a large amount of confidential, sensitive and proprietary documents from the company's data servers had been copied onto a remote hard drive. As a result, the suit says, the company's security plan. customer contacts, pricing information and employees' Social Security numbers became public knowledge without the company's consent.
The plaintiff alleges Poore, a radiation specialist, copied confidential and proprietary information and/or trade secrets and saved them to an unauthorized remote hard drive and continues to maintain possession of documents without permission following the termination of his employment on May 3.
Nuclear Sources and Services seeks trial by jury, monetary relief between $100,000 and $200,000, demands a temporary restraining order, a temporary injunction, a permanent injunction and all other just relief. It is represented by attorneys Brian C. Boyles and Andrew C. Elkhoury of Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP in Houston.
Harris County Circuit Court Case number 2017-34892