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Hendershot Cowart P.C.

Life After The FTC Ban: Alternatives To Non-Competes

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The FTC's proposed ban on non-compete agreements is still making its way through the legal system, but businesses are already looking for alternatives to protect their interests. Keep in mind that it is not necessarily the...more

Proskauer - Life Sciences

Alleged Theft of Drug Pricing Trade Secrets Could Cost Both Victim and Thief

Life Sciences is an area ripe for trade secrets misappropriation litigation. In recent news, Merz Pharmaceuticals, LLC filed a lawsuit under the North Carolina Uniform Trade Secrets Act alleging that its former director of...more

Epstein Becker & Green

#WorkforceWednesday: Spilling Secrets: Employers - Train on Trade Secrets - Employment Law This Week®

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This week, we bring you our special Spilling Secrets podcast series on the future of non-compete and trade secrets law. An employer often overlooks training employees on what their restrictive covenant means and how to honor...more

Blank Rome LLP

[Ongoing Program] Hiring from the Competition in a High-Risk, High-Reward Labor Market - January 25th, 12:00 pm - 12:30 pm ET

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Join Us for Protecting Trade Secrets & Gaining a Competitive Edge in the Digital Age - Sophisticated Strategies to Protect Critical Assets When Key Employees Depart & Business Relationships Break Down - The protection...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Reminder to Professional Services Firms – Do Not Take Your Trade Secrets for Granted

For most (if not all) professional services firms, client databases, client contact lists, and information reflecting client preferences are regarded by such firms as trade secrets that are essential to the business. ...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

California Court Strikes Down Overbroad Confidentiality Agreement as a de facto Non-Compete

Trade secrets and other proprietary information can be among a business’ most valuable assets and drive its competitive advantage. It is therefore ordinarily critical that employees be bound by an enforceable agreement that...more

Payne & Fears

[Webinar] Make Sure Your Company’s Confidential Information Was Not Disclosed at Home - June 12th, 10:00 am - 11:00 am PDT

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Now that your employees may be coming back to work in the office, what legal steps should you take to ensure that your company’s confidential information or trade secrets remain protected? Come prepared with questions. We...more

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Here’s What You Need To Know About Protecting Trade Secrets

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What do you do when a key employee leaves and you believe he/she has taken your company’s trade secrets to a competitor? Or when a strategic business partner uses your trade secret information to compete against you?...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

Chris Lazarini Provides Insight on the Four Factors to Consider when Temporary Injunctive Relief is Requested

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Bass, Berry & Sims attorney Chris Lazarini provided insight on a case involving a plaintiff’s request for a temporary restraining order (TRO) against former employees who allegedly stole confidential client contact...more

Orrick - Trade Secrets Group

Spring Cleaning: Tidying Up Your “Reasonable Efforts” to Maintain Trade Secrets

It’s among an in-house counsel’s worst nightmares. A former business partner, ex-employee, consultant, or competitor has stolen your company’s trade secret information. Company management demands swift action....more

McDermott Will & Emery

Turbulence on Breach of Employment Agreement, Trade Secret Misappropriation

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Addressing a bench trial decision concerning a former employee’s retention of confidential information and violation of a non-compete provision, the US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit found no abandonment of the...more

Littler

Unfair Competition: What Happened in 2018, and What's in Store for 2019

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From sweeping legislation to unexpected case law, and everything in between, 2018 brought a lot of changes to unfair competition law....more

Poyner Spruill LLP

How to Stop Departing Employees from Walking Off with the Company Jewels

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Problem: A key member of the design team for your start-up company's upcoming product launch has just quit in a huff over compensation. He (or she) threatens to go to your primary competitor and share everything they know...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

California Appellate Panel Affirms Injunction Blocking Use Of Employee Non-Solicitation Provision In Dispute Between Travel Nurse...

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On November 1, 2018, the California Court of Appeal, Fourth Appellate District affirmed a trial court’s ruling in AMN Healthcare, Inc. v. Aya Healthcare Services, Inc. et al., Case No. D071924, Cal. App (2018) which (1)...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Massachusetts Legislature Passes Comprehensive Noncompetition and Trade-Secrets Reform

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The Massachusetts General Court has passed legislation that, if signed by the governor, will comprehensively reform the law governing employee noncompetition agreements and trade-secret misappropriation. If enacted, these...more

Cozen O'Connor

Five Tips for Protecting Your Company’s Trade Secrets

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Protecting your trade secrets and proprietary information is a vital part of your business. Every company needs to have policies and agreements in place to prevent employees from stealing property, and wrongfully soliciting...more

Zuckerman Spaeder LLP

Swimming Pool Company’s Non-Compete Claim Takes a Dive

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When a company believes that an employee has breached a non-compete agreement by going to work for a competitor, one remedy it can seek is a preliminary injunction. A preliminary injunction is meant to preserve the status quo...more

Orrick - Trade Secrets Group

PILLOW TALK: A Threat to Trade Secrets?

It turns out that, even in romantic relationships, some things are best kept secret. On July 7, 2017, Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. filed a complaint in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania alleging that a former executive...more

Nossaman LLP

Did you know... Are You in Position to Take Advantage of the New Federal Defend Trade Secrets Act?

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Recently, President Obama signed into law the Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016 (DTSA) which amends the Economic Espionage Act of 1996, codified at 18 U.S.C. §§ 1831 et seq. Key benefits of the DTSA includes the option...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Simple Steps to Help Keep Your Trade Secrets Safe

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As illustrated by the recent lawsuit by America’s Test Kitchen against celebrity chef Christopher Kimball, companies in a variety of industries are vulnerable to losing their trade secrets....more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Trade Secrets Claims Reach Federal Court: New Law Changes Jurisdiction, Remedies and Duties

Until May 12, 2016, trade secret law was the only area of intellectual property law left largely to state courts and state law. But no longer. On May 12, President Obama signed the Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016, Pub. L....more

Brooks Pierce

How the New Trade Secrets Law May Affect You

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A week ago, on May 11, 2016, the President signed into law the new federal “Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016.” It arms with substantial new weaponry those whose trade secrets have been taken. What has been less heralded,...more

Burr & Forman

Just When Your Handbook Thought it Was Safe to Go Back In the Water: The Impact of the Defend Trade Secrets Act on Employers

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On April 27, 2016, the U.S. House of Representatives approved the Defend Trade Secrets Act (DTSA) by a 410-2 vote, the DTSA previously passed the Senate with an 87-0 vote. The DTSA provides employers with federal jurisdiction...more

Greenberg Glusker LLP

Newly Enacted "Defend Trade Secrets Act" Requires Notice Provision to Be Added to Future Confidentiality Agreements to Preserve...

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As you may have heard, on May 11, 2016, President Obama signed into law the new federal Defend Trade Secrets Act (DTSA). This is a significant and comprehensive law that now allows holders of trade secrets to pursue civil...more

Harris Beach PLLC

Unfair Competition, Trade Secrets and Non-Competition Agreements Group News: Obama Signs Federal Trade Secrets Act into Law

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On May 11, 2016, President Obama signed the Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016 ("DTSA") into law. The President’s action follows the April 27, 410-2, vote by the U.S. House of Representatives in favor of this long-proposed...more

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