Employee’s Decoy Laptop Did Not Trick Pfizer Security, Trade Secret Suit Says
Executive Summary
Pfizer alleges its associate director of statistics transferred 12,000 files from her company laptop ahead of move to Xencor. Company seeks a temporary restraining order to prevent her from disclosing confidential information, including information on Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine and monoclonal antibodies for treatment of cancer.
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