Chesapeake Energy Corp. sued its ousted founder, Aubrey McClendon , claiming Tuesday that he stole sensitive data in the days before he left in 2013. The company alleges that Mr. McClendon, while still running the company, had his assistant print out maps and data about oil and gas prospects in Ohio and sent the same information to his personal email address. “Due to the concealed nature of McClendon’s conduct, Chesapeake did not discover McClendon’s misappropriation until long after he had separated from Chesapeake,” the company stated in a lawsuit filed in Oklahoma County District Court. Mr. McClendon, who founded rival American Energy Partners LP after leaving Chesapeake, called the lawsuit “baseless” and accused Chesapeake of trying to breach his severance agreement. American Energy […]