Tesla sues Rivian over ‘disturbing pattern’ of alleged trade secret theft Tesla sues Rivian over ‘disturbing pattern’ of alleged trade secret theft

Cristiana Gigina

Tesla says it has discovered a “disturbing pattern” of former employees who took confidential information and trade secrets on their way to new jobs at EV startup Rivian, according to a new lawsuit first reported by Bloomberg . Tesla even claims Rivian is “knowingly encouraging” this behavior, and it is seeking unspecified punitive damages for what it alleges is “despicable, wanton, oppressive, willful, malicious, [and] duplicitous” conduct. Rivian calls the allegations “baseless.” Rivian is