Scientific Games has won a ruling in a lawsuit against a former vice president in its lottery division who took a position with rival International Game Technology Plc., in a case that claimed sensitive trade secrets went with the employee.
A federal judge ruled that former vice president Brian Keith Cash cannot take a job with IGT for at least a year. When Cash took the job with IGT, Scientific Games requested a temporary restraining order while the case was active, to prevent what it said was proprietary gaming and financial information to fall into competitors’ hands.
“The volume of information he took was staggering, and it had the potential to cause grave harm if it fell into the hands of SGI’s competitors,” said Senior U.S. District Judge William C. O’Kelley in his ruling. “He could have better identified and extracted his personal information if that was indeed his only motive for downloading files to the hard drive.”
Scientific Games CEO, Lottery Jim Kennedy said in a statement that the company is “pleased with the court’s decision in favor of Scientific Games. We remain committed to protecting our intellectual property, trade secrets, contracts and plans which help us add value and enhance our customers’ profitability.”
Under the ruling, Cash cannot work for IGT before January 31, 2018.
