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24 December 2020AmericasRory O'Neill

Ex-DuPont employee gets 42 months over trade secret theft

A US federal appeals court has upheld a 42-month prison sentence for an ex-employee of  DuPont Industrial Biosciences who stole trade secrets from the firm.

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