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Jenner & Block

Jury Orders Tata to Pay $210 Million for Trade Secret Misappropriation

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On November 17, 2023 a federal jury in Texas found Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (“TCS”) guilty of stealing trade secrets from Computer Science Corp. (“CSC”) and ordered TCS to pay $210 million in damages. After a six-day...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Fifth Circuit Affirms Attorney’s Fee Award of $2.3 million in Misappropriation Case Against Former Employee who Failed to Comply...

On September 2, 2020, the Fifth Circuit declined to void a fee award of nearly $2.3 million in favor of an employer that had prevailed on its trade secret theft claim against its former employee, because the employee...more

Rosenberg Martin Greenberg LLP

In re: Muhs “Willful and Malicious” Does Not Mean “Willful and Malicious”

In In re Muhs, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit was called upon to decide whether “the meaning of ‘willful and malicious’ under Alaska law is identical to the meaning of ‘willful and malicious’ under...more

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Confidential Documents Potentially Safer From Employee Misappropriation Says New Jersey's Supreme Court

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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

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