E.I. DUPONT DE NEMOURS & COMPANY, Plaintiff - Appellee, v. KOLON INDUSTRIES, INC., Defendant - Appellant, and KOLON USA, INC., Defendant, v. ARAMID FIBER SYSTEMS, LLC, Third Party Defendant., 564 Fed. Appx. 710

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HOLDINGS: [1]-A jury verdict in favor of a chemical company (CC) on its claims that a competitor willfully and maliciously misappropriated trade secrets in violation of the Virginia Uniform Trade Secrets Act, Va. Code § 59.1-336 (2013), could not stand due to the district court's abuse of its discretion because it improperly excluded relevant evidence that the competitor needed to support its defense; [2]-The district court erred in granting the CC's motion in limine with respect to the exclusion of certain evidence of other litigation because it was relevant and material to the competitor's defense pursuant to Fed. R. Evid. 401 and 403, as it tended to show that the alleged trade secrets involved publicly available information, and the potential for confusion and delay did not substantially outweigh the probative value thereof.