In my last post, I discussed another bad-faith ruling in the context of misguided, opportunistic trade-secrets litigation.When discussing that particular case, I raised the prevalence of the "access and opportunity" theory and how the use of that particular theory (and the simplistic building blocks upon which it's based) can walk a plaintiff right into a bad-faith fee claim.This post, somewhat of a follow-up to my prior one, discusses a recent Fourth Circuit decision called… [read post]