September 17, 2026
Joe Gibbs Racing LLC wants its former competition director sanctioned for allegedly failing to preserve key evidence after he deleted text messages with the owner of a rival NASCAR team where he is now employed as chief motorsports officer.
September 16, 2026
Joe Gibbs Racing's former competition director has continued to do work for another NASCAR team that mimics his old job duties in violation of court orders restricting his employment responsibilities, the superteam has alleged in a bid to have him and his new employer held in civil contempt.
August 26, 2026
Joe Gibbs Racing's former competition director can't pursue counterclaims alleging the NASCAR super team violated state and federal cyber hacking statutes when it allegedly accessed "off-limits" information on his devices during a forensic review, a North Carolina federal judge ruled Wednesday in their high-profile trade secrets dispute.
July 29, 2026
The North Carolina courts are teeing up for a busy second half of 2026, including readying for a multimillion-dollar insurance trial with Lowe's and speeding through discovery in a high-profile trade secrets dispute involving former NFL coach Joe Gibbs' championship NASCAR team.
June 11, 2026
NASCAR team Joe Gibbs Racing LLC can augment its trade secrets lawsuit against a former competition director and the rival racing company that hired him, after a North Carolina federal court found that the proposed amendments aren't pointless.
May 06, 2026
Joe Gibbs Racing LLC has asked a North Carolina federal court to let it add allegations to its suit against a rival NASCAR team, to prove that its employee was hired away specifically to bring its trade secrets with him.
April 24, 2026
Joe Gibbs Racing LLC succeeded in blocking former competition director Christopher Gabehart from using or disclosing its trade secrets, after a North Carolina federal court found the NASCAR team was likely to prevail on its misappropriation and contract breach claims against him.
April 21, 2026
Joe Gibbs Racing LLC's bid to set a November trial date in a trade secrets suit against former competition director Chris Gabehart and rival team Spire Motorsports is "aggressive and unrealistic," Gabehart has argued in asking to instead push the trial to May 2027.
April 09, 2026
Joe Gibbs Racing LLC's efforts to subpoena cellphone providers for deleted text messages is a "desperate" ploy to dig up proof its trade secrets were stolen when there is no evidence to suggest that is the case, the NASCAR team's former competition director said.
April 02, 2026
Joe Gibbs Racing LLC has asked a federal judge for permission to access cellphone records that would unearth purportedly erased communications between its former competition director and the owner of a rival team that hired him, with the Gibbs team expressing urgency to preserve the messages as crucial evidence in the trade secrets case.