Brewer Secures Injunction for Wholesale Payments in Fight Against Trade Secret Theft

LUBBOCK, TEXAS — August 19, 2026 — Brewer, Attorneys & Counselors secured a preliminary injunction on behalf of Wholesale Payments, Inc. (“WPI”), a Texas-based payments company, in its trade-secret action against ClearPay Processing, LLC (“ClearPay”). The order bars ClearPay from using WPI’s confidential merchant information to solicit identified WPI merchants, marking a major victory in WPI’s ongoing campaign to protect its enterprise from corporate espionage.

U.S. District Judge James Wesley Hendrix of the Northern District of Texas found that WPI is likely to succeed on its claims under the Defend Trade Secrets Act and the Texas Uniform Trade Secrets Act. The Court also denied the defendants’ challenge to the exercise of personal jurisdiction in the case pending Credit Wholesale Company, Inc. v. ClearPay Processing, LLC, Case No. 5:26-cv-00177-H (N.D. Tex. Lubbock Division).

The federal injunction is an important milestone in WPI’s broader, multi-front campaign to dismantle "shadow pipelines" built by rogue former agents and rival processors. Over the past year, WPI has taken aggressive action to stop former contractors from breaching their agreements and funneling millions of dollars into the coffers of WPI’s competitors.

This latest ruling reinforces a central theme of WPI's case: competitors who attempt to act as corporate safehouses for rogue agents and smuggled trade secrets will be held strictly accountable.

“This ruling sends a clear message that former agents who steal protected merchant information will be pursued,” said Counsel for WPI William A. Brewer III. “The Court correctly recognized that trade secret theft causes irreparable injury and took decisive action to protect our client’s interests.”

WPI is represented by lead counsel William A. Brewer III alongside partner Joshua Harris and associates Valerie Evans, Jordon Smith, and Amir Saada.