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The Morning News: Business : Wal-Mart Wins Permanent Gag Order Against Former Worker

Kimberly Morrison Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has won a permanent gag order and agreed to drop its lawsuit against a fired security employee who detailed to media what he said were the retailer's surveillance practices. A Benton County judge Monday granted Wal-Mart a permanent injunction against Bruce Gabbard, a technician who alleged that a manager pressured him to find security leaks. The injunction replaces a previous restraining order Wal-Mart had against Gabbard and bars him from further disclosing trade secrets and other confidential information. Gabbard and his supervisor, Jason Hamilton, were fired last year after recording phone calls to and from a New York Times reporter and intercepting pager messages. Wal-Mart said the pair violated company policy.

Full post as published by The Trade Secrets Vault on July 09, 2008 (boomark / email).