GREENPEACE, INC. v. DOW CHEMICAL CO.

No. 13-CV-685.

97 A.3d 1053 (2014)

GREENPEACE, INC., Appellant, v. The DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY, et al., Appellees.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided August 21, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Emmy L. Levens , with whom Kit A. Pierson , Victoria S. Nugent , John P. Relman and Reed N. Colfax , Washington, DC, were on the brief, for appellant.

Gregory Silbert , New York, NY, with whom Steven A. Tyrrell , Washington, DC, and David J. Lender , New York, NY, were on the brief, for appellee The Dow Chemical Company.

Lori Alvino McGill , with whom Abid R. Qureshi , John Cooper , Katherine Gigliotti , and Stephen P. Barry , Washington, DC, were on the brief, for appellee Ketchum, Inc.

Mark Emery , with whom Richard C. Smith , Tracy S. DeMarco , and Matthew H. Kirtland , Washington, DC, were on the brief, for appellee Sasol North America, Inc.

Tina M. Maiolo , Paul J. Maloney , and Alexander M. Gormley , Washington, DC, were on the brief for appellee Dezenhall Resources, Ltd.

Brynja M. Booth , Sarah M. Everhart , and David R. Thompson , Easton, MD, were on the brief for appellees Timothy Ward, Jay Bly, Michael Mika, and George Ferris.

Alan L. Hirsch , Lynne Bernabei , and Alan R. Kabat , Washington, DC, were on the brief for amici curiae.

Before BLACKBURNE-RIGSBY and THOMPSON, Associate Judges, and STEADMAN, Senior Judge.


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 appellees,1 claiming that they conspired and engaged in various forms of unlawful corporate...

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