Chesapeake Energy Accuses Ex-CEO of Document Theft
Chesapeake Energy Corp. turned on the man who built it into a natural-gas powerhouse, accusing former Chief Executive Aubrey McClendon of stealing sensitive documents to start a rival company.
In a lawsuit filed Tuesday, Chesapeake contends Mr. McClendon made off with confidential data and maps of oil and gas prospects before he left the company in early 2013. It alleges that he emailed the documents to a personal account and had an assistant print them out.
