After being slapped with a post-trial judgment last April totaling $2.2 million for misappropriation of confidential and proprietary information, two Wyoming bank executives were named in an unprecedented “Notice of Intent to...more
3/14/2019
/ Banks ,
Breach of Duty ,
Confidential Information ,
Criminal Conspiracy ,
Federal Reserve ,
Fiduciary Duty ,
FSB ,
Misappropriation ,
Orders of Prohibition ,
Post-Trial Order ,
Proprietary Information ,
Trade Secrets
The Defend Trade Secrets Act (DTSA) states very clearly that an injunction issued pursuant thereto may not “prevent a person from entering into an employment relationship,” and that any conditions placed on a former...more
7/12/2017
/ Confidential Information ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Defend Trade Secrets Act (DTSA) ,
Employment Contract ,
Employment Litigation ,
Inevitable Disclosure Doctrine ,
Injunctions ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Misappropriation ,
Non-Compete Agreements ,
Non-Solicitation Agreements ,
Trade Secrets ,
TRO
Last Friday, on January 20, 2017, the Massachusetts Legislature began its annual tradition of attempting to promulgate non-compete and trade secret reform in the Commonwealth. A new bill has been filed by the same legislators...more
This past Spring, we reported on the recently enacted Defend Trade Secrets Act (“DTSA”), which provides a new federal civil cause of action to trade secret owners seeking to pursue claims of trade secret misappropriation. ...more
12/21/2016
/ Affirmative Defenses ,
Confidential Information ,
Conversion ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Defend Trade Secrets Act (DTSA) ,
Evidence ,
Immunity ,
Misappropriation ,
Motion to Compel ,
Motion to Dismiss ,
Preliminary Injunctions ,
Trade Secrets ,
Whistleblowers