In M.C. Dean Inc. v. City of Miami Beach Florida et al., Case No. 1:16-cv-21731, in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, a subcontractor for the Miami Beach Convention Center renovation project, sued the City of Miami Beach, accusing the city of improperly giving the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 349 union confidential M.C. Dean employee records regarding their technical qualifications, which the company claims are valuable trade secrets not normally given out to unions.   Significantly, the plaintiff sued under the recently enacted Defendant Trade Secrets Act of 2016, in addition to a claim under the Florida Uniform Trade Secrets Act.  There were no other state law tort claims asserted in the complaint filed on May 16, 2016.