The Carmel, Ind.-based financial services company said it has retained Wall Street investment firm Lehman Brothers to identify buyers for the Conseco Financial Corp., formally Green Tree. . As to the third Gore guidepost, North American concedes there is "no precise cognate in Missouri criminal law," but attempts to use the Missouri commercial bribery statute, RSMo 570.150.1(3). Therefore, Conseco established a second misappropriation claim in regard to those specific loan files copied by Podner just prior to his resignation from Conseco. On appeal, the district court's determination of punitive damages is reviewed under an abuse of discretion standard. Conseco filed a three-count complaint alleging 1) misappropriation of trade secrets, 2) unfair competition, and 3) tortious interference with business relations. The venture failed. He earned a salary of $150,000 in 1999. The facts and issues in this case arise from actions taken by North American to acquire information about individuals that is contained in Conseco's confidential files. We find sufficient evidence of "malice or outrageousness" as defined by Missouri law to permit an award of punitive damages in this case. of Elec. It determined that Conseco's lead sheets and documents in its loan files are trade secrets, but also determined that Conseco's customer lists and certain financial information are not trade secrets. 'After I made $19,000 my first year as a 19-year-old, I knew I didn't need a college education to make a good living.'. Rapid City, South Dakota. Contact that person, or their law firm or trust company, and ask them to release the lien, Copy of original HUD-1 statement and Promissory Note, Letter from lender stating the loan is paid in full. However, North American neither returned the stolen information nor discouraged its employees' use of Conseco's loan files and lead sheets. P. 50(a) (2). individuals with low credit scores. Cooper Indus., Inc. v. Leatherman Tool Group, Inc., 532 U.S. 424, 435, 121 S. Ct. 1678, 149 L. Ed. It's hard to . Shortly after the Green Tree deal, the company recruited General Electric wizard Gary C. Wendt as CEO, awarding him one of the lushest contracts in history, worth at least $75 million and gauranteeing him a retirement annuity of $1.5 million yearly. For the foregoing reasons, we affirm the opinion of the district court in part and reverse in part. 2 Who bought out Conseco Finance Servicing Corp? Accordingly, "a motion for judgment as a matter of law at the close of the evidence `preserves for review only those grounds specified at the time, and no others.'"
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