Having just celebrated its one-year anniversary, the Defend Trade Secrets Act (DTSA) triggered an uptick in federal litigation concerning the fight to protect corporate trade secrets. Though no court has issued the elusive ex...more
5/31/2017
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Corporate Counsel ,
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Email ,
Google ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Misappropriation ,
Non-Compete Agreements ,
Record Preservation ,
Trade Secrets ,
Unauthorized Access ,
Work Computer
President Obama has signed the Defend Trade Secrets Law of 2016 into law, effective May 11, 2016. As discussed in detail in our April 28, 2016 Legal Alert, the law provides a new, uniform federal civil remedy to trade secret...more
Until now, employers with trade secrets stolen by former employees had to rely upon uneven, hit-or-miss state laws to protect their intellectual property and confidential information. Enter the Defend Trade Secrets Law of...more
On the heels of an appellate decision providing employees a virtual how-to manual to misuse and exploit confidential employer documents and safely provide them to a competitor, New Jersey's Supreme Court reversed course last...more
7/9/2015
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Confidential Documents ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Discovery ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Misappropriation ,
Motion to Dismiss ,
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Theft ,
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Willful Misconduct
Like the hit show "How to Get Away with Murder," the recent New Jersey ruling in Spencer Sav. Bank SLA v. McGrover (App. Div. March 5, 2015), instructs employees looking to remove their employers' confidential documents and...more