TNA Entertainment, LLC v. Wittenstein

Brian Wittenstein signed a severance agreement with TNA, his former employer, on August 3, 2011, which included a non-disclosure agreement preventing him from disclosing certain confidential TNA information (including information regarding talent contracts). Although WWE fired Wittenstein and alerted TNA officials as to the disclosure of the information, TNA claimed that WWE had access to the information for three weeks prior to disclosure and in this time, WWE used secret contract information and attempted to poach their talent in violation of Tennessee's Uniform Trade Secrets Act. The information was alleged to include data regarding wrestler compensation, which was used to recruit contracted TNA talent to work for WWE. One prominent wrestler named in the suit was Ric Flair, whom TNA claims asked for his release from the company in order to sign with WWE following Wittenstein's disclosure of information to WWE. In TNA's suit, they stated: == Case ==

At the start of the case, the judge issued a temporary injunction against WWE requiring them to hand over any TNA classified documents they held, which WWE complied with and provided evidence of their servers that they had removed all confidential TNA information from their internal systems. The court also issued a permanent injunction against Wittenstein, requiring him to return all information he had on TNA and prohibited him from revealing the information to any third parties or from breaching any contracts he had with TNA. During the case, WWE ordered its employees not to have any professional or social contact with anybody related to TNA. They also held off signing El Generico because he had wrestled for TNA. TNA requested an injunction to prohibit WWE from signing any former TNA wrestlers but the judge denied this on the grounds of WWE stated they had no intention to sign Ric Flair. In January 2013, TNA announced they were dropping the lawsuit, with both sides covering their own legal fees and TNA covering the court costs. ==See also==