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His role in creating the trade secrets, or
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His ownership of companies that may hold the rights to those secrets.
The judge’s order introduces a high-stakes layer to a case already swirling with international intrigue, sanctioned foreign entities, and digital espionage.
A Clash of Legal Titans
Azima is represented by an elite team including Kirby D. Behre, Timothy P. O’Toole, Lauren E. Briggerman, Ian A. Herbert, and Cody Marden of Miller & Chevalier Chtd., alongside Ripley Rand and Christopher W. Jones of Womble Bond Dickinson.
Del Rosso and Vital Management are backed by a powerhouse bench from Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP, including Brandon S. Neuman, Jeffrey M. Kelly, Samuel Rosenthal, Justin Kaplan, and George Mahfood.
Neither side immediately responded to press inquiries.
As the case inches closer to a potential trial, the outcome may hinge not on the data leaked—but on whether Azima can legally call that data his own.