The head of a lobbying group has filed suit in New York state court to halt an inquiry into alleged leaks of bidder information and other details related to the forced sale of TransPerfect, a provider of translation software, which has been ordered by a Delaware court.

Chris Coffey, campaign manager of Citizens for a Pro-Business Delaware Inc.—which was organized to represent the interests of TransPerfect workers, told a New York judge on Tuesday that a discovery order, signed earlier this month by Delaware Court of Chancery Chancellor Andre G. Bouchard, was overly broad and unrelated to a lawsuit that resulted in the forced sale.