In addition, Mr. Morley filed a subsequent lawsuit containing allegations that the formation of Square and the development of our card reader and decoding technologies
constituted, among other things, breach of an alleged oral joint venture,
fraud, negligent misrepresentation,
civil conspiracy, unjust enrichment, and misappropriation of trade secrets, as well as other related claims.
This is definitely unlawful, although I don't know if it is actually a crime under English law as opposed, for example, to merely
constituting a
civil offense or contempt of court, or some form of
civil fraud.