Porter Hedges Gets Multimillion Trade Secrets Suit Dismissed | Texas Lawyer
















Sarah Ring, partner at Porter Hedges in their Houston office. Courtesy photo

After more than a year and a half of litigation, CAP Barbell abandoned the lawsuit completely on April 29, 2024, filing a motion to dismiss all claims, Porter Hedges said.

May 07, 2024 at 03:36 PM

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What You Need to Know

  • Porter Hedges and Sorey & Hoover successfully defendant two exercise equipment stores in a trade secrets lawsuit.
  • The plaintiff, CAP Barbell, alleged the defendant companies’ CEO used his position at Amazon to misappropriate high confidential CAP Barbell sales data.

Two law firms—Porter Hedges and Sorey & Hoover—secured a dismissal in Houston federal court for defendants BalanceFrom LLC and Hulkfit Products Inc., whom CAP Barbell Inc. sued for alleged theft of trade secrets and trade dress infringement.

The litigation was over the sale of fitness products, including strength and weight training goods.

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