Delaware-based High Liner is suing Haven Foods, a company founded by ex-Rubicon employees Nicholas Leonard and Justin Kirby, for stealing trade secrets related to the US shrimp market from Rubicon, a subsidiary of High Liner.

In a complaint filed Tuesday with the US District Court Central District of California Western Division, High Liner stated the two "developed detailed knowledge of Rubicon’s internal strategies, pricing, marketing, procurement processes and sales" that included Rubicon's "sustainable supply chain network in Thailand and elsewhere in Asia."