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Protecting Your Business: Practical Tips To Keep Your Trade Secrets Secret

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Everyone is talking about the new rule approved by the Federal Trade Commission on April 23 (published on May 7 and set to take effect – pending legal challenges – on September 4, 2024 ). It is referred to as the...more

Venable LLP

I Wonder as They Wander: Revisiting Remote Work Policies

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As the pandemic appears to subside, employers are grappling with whether and how to maintain remote work. For some employers, this means revisiting their pre-pandemic remote work policy; for others this means deciding whether...more

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7 Steps to Address Privacy Concerns Arising with the Remote “Invisible Workforce”

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As remote work continues, employers have begun to characterize remote workers as the “invisible workforce” – because remote workers are not able to be seen or monitored in the same way as those performing in-person work. The...more

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Trade Secret Protection With A Remote Workforce: 7 Practical Considerations for Employers

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The COVID-19 remote work era is now in its tenth month, and employees continue to work away from the physical office, without in-person supervision, and perhaps outside of the company network. During this time, many employees...more

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Trade Secret Hygiene for Current Employees

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In the first two parts of this series on best practices in protecting trade secrets, we addressed risks raised by the arrival and departure of key employees at companies, and failed potential customer-supplier or acquisition...more

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12 Days of HR: All I Want For Christmas Is . . . A Side Hustle?

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In recent years, “side hustles” have become an increasingly common phenomenon among employees in all industries to supplement income from a “traditional” job. A key attribute of side hustles is that they are self-managed, and...more

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An Employer’s Spooky Interpretation of its Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) Policy

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Mark Eting is one of Duncey’s Caps top outside sales agents. Because the company is based in Texas, but Mark lives in Cleveland and sells for the company in the northeast, Mark purchased a personal computer and a laptop to...more

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Data privacy in the Americas - At a glance

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As multinational employers are aware, data privacy laws can vary greatly from jurisdiction to jurisdiction. Ensuring compliance with the different requirements can be challenging, and the penalties for noncompliance can be...more

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When Acting to Prevent Data Breaches and Comply with Privacy Laws, Remember Overarching Employee Rights

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The grocery business may be “fresh and easy,” but drafting a confidentiality and data protection policy that withstands the scrutiny of the current National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) is not. The NLRB, in its recent 2-1...more

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Blurring The Line Between Yours And Mine: Best Practices For Bring Your Own Device Policies

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Let’s face it: bring-your-own-device (BYOD) situations are here to stay. With the ubiquity of employees having and using smartphones and tablets – devices that have more capacity and processing power than desktop computers...more

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