Johnson & Johnson Sues Former Employee, Accuses Him of Taking Thousands of Files to New Role at Pfizer

Johnson & Johnson (J&J) has accused a former employee in New Jersey of stealing “vast amounts” of highly confidential information and using it in a directly competitive new role at Pfizer.

In a complaint filed on Monday (March 18) at the New Jersey district court, J&J alleges breach of contract, misappropriation, and violation of the Trade Secrets Act.

J&J said that the defendant, who had a 24-year career at various J&J subsidiaries including Johnson & Johnson Health Care Systems, “misappropriated vast amounts of highly confidential information by clandestinely and maliciously downloading over a thousand files onto external storage devices”.

Read the source article at Life Sciences Intellectual Property Review