Lawsuit Accuses Lordstown Motors of ‘Corporate Espionage’
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – A small electric vehicle technology and manufacturing company claims that Lordstown Motors Corp. “brazenly stole” its trade secrets in what court papers describe as a “classic corporate espionage case.” Karma Automotive LLC, based in Irvine, Calif., filed a civil complaint in the U.S. District Court Central District of California Oct. 30 that alleges Lordstown Motors deployed a “Trojan horse” scheme where it pretended to work with Karma on a proposed partnersCopyright 2021 The Business Journal, Youngstown, Ohio.