Walmart hit with $115m trade secrets bill
Walmart hit with $115m trade secrets bill 13-04-2021 18-05-2016 Walmart must pay agricultural technology company Ecoark $115 million after it was found to have misappropriated trade secrets. Ecoark, which owns Zest Labs, sued Walmart in August 2018, claiming that the supermarket chain had wrongfully used and disclosed Zest trade secrets concerning technology for reducing food waste. A jury at the US District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas found on Friday that Walmart was liable for three claims, including trade secrets misappropriation and failure to comply with a written contract...