Work for Hire Dispute | former employee took trade secrets

Looking for advice on a legal issue. Here's what happened.

former employee took trade secrets. I've been dealing with this for about 6 weeks now and the situation isn't improving.

Am I overthinking this or is this a real legal issue worth pursuing?

Look, i work in this industry and unfortunately this is very common. The good news is that when people actually push back with legal representation, companies usually settle.