COMMENTARY: Court lets $1.9 million verdict stand, rejects challenge to customer compilation trade secret ↧ ↧ COMMENTARY: Court lets $1.9 million verdict stand, rejects challeng... FisherBroyles LLP partner R. Mark Halligan discusses a Seattle federal judge's decision to uphold a $1.9 million jury verdict in a lawsuit a chemical distribution company filed against former employees and their new company, accusing them of misappropriating trade secrets.