Mayo Sues Former Lab CEO Over Breach of Contract, Misappropriation of Trade Secrets

In a case sure to resonate throughout the diagnostics industry, Mayo Clinic this month filed a lawsuit against Franklin Cockerill, M.D., the former president and chief executive officer of Mayo Medical Laboratories (MML), alleging misappropriation of trade secrets and breach of contract. The lawsuit alleges that Cockerill secretly and deceptively sought and accepted employment with…