Maryland Live! Sues MGM Over High Roller ListCasino Alleges Former Employees Stole Trade Secrets |
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The largest casino in the state of Maryland has sued the upcoming MGM National Harbor casino over a list of high rollers.
Maryland Live! Casino filed the lawsuit last week alleging that its former employees provided a highly valuable list of at least 3,000 high rollers to MGM.
According to a report from NBCWashington.com, MGM has denied the allegations, saying in a statement: “This lawsuit amounts to nothing more than a thinly disguised attempt to stifle the competition Maryland Live! expects from MGM’s National Harbor resort and to try to tarnish MGM’s reputation in the marketplace.”
Maryland Live! says that three casino hosts “unlawfully misappropriated…trade secrets from [the casino] shortly before their terminations. After they were caught, defendants signed a ‘certification’ in which they stated that the trade secrets were destroyed and electronic copies returned. Maryland Live! recently discovered that this certification was false.”
Then the list was taken to MGM, the lawsuit alleges.
The casino also says the former employees had non-compete agreements.
The lawsuit was filed in federal court in Baltimore. MGM plans on opening its $1.3 billion casino at National Harbor before the end of the year.
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