Detroit — A federal judge in Detroit has lifted an injunction against nonprofit Project Veritas that had prohibited it from publishing or disseminating information allegedly obtained by one of its operatives who worked as an intern for the American Federation of Teachers Michigan.U.S. District Judge Linda Parker issued her ruling on Wednesday, saying the AFT failed to provide evidence that the 221 documents submitted to the court were trade secrets and fell under the protection of the Michigan Uniform Trade Secrets Act.The union is accusing Veritas of using an employee, Marisa Jorge, to infiltrate the union organization to take proprietary information. They asked Parker for a preliminary injunction to prohibit the nonprofit from publishing or disseminating any information Jorge obtained unlawfully.According to the union’s complaint, Jorge began her three-month internship in May and pretended to be a University of Michigan student interested in becoming a teacher, “regularly sought information … beyond her assignment,” and “was granted access to a substantial amount of confidential and proprietary information including databases, confidential conferences and the status of grievance.”The union alleges that Jorge “likely” obtained information by recording conversations without consent violating the state’s eavesdropping law, but Parker said they failed to provide such… Read full this story
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