From the bench... Supreme Court, Appellate Division, First Department, New York. CARTESIAN BROADCASTING NETWORK, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ROBECO USA, formerly known as Weiss, Peck & Greer, LLC, Defendant-Respondent. Aug. 16, 2007. An Internet advertising company with its principal place of business in New Jersey sued limited liability company with its principal place of business in New York, alleging that its trade secrets were misappropriated by two of defendants' employees and that the misappropriated secrets were given to plaintiff's competitor, a company with principal place of business in Massachusetts in which the two employees were investors. The Supreme Court, New York County, Charles Edward Ramos , J., 809 N.Y.S.2d 480, granted defendant's motion to dismiss complaint as barred by collateral estoppel. Plaintiff appealed. The Supreme Court, Appellate Division, held that adjudication in prior Massachusetts action that cited allegedly tortious acts of defendant's employees were not committed within scope of their employment was binding. Read the opinion if you want to register with Lexis One