The long awaited collision between the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the varied political and legal opinions on the legality of Employment Non-Compete Agreements (Non-Competes) is now moving up the ladder of...more
8/22/2024
/ Administrative Procedure Act ,
Arbitrary and Capricious ,
Declaratory Judgment Act ,
Defend Trade Secrets Act (DTSA) ,
Employment Contract ,
Federal Bans ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
FTC Act ,
Injunctions ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Lack of Authority ,
Misappropriation ,
Non-Compete Agreements ,
Popular ,
Restrictive Covenants ,
Texas ,
Trade Secrets ,
Unfair Competition
Ryanair recently prevailed in a jury trial in Delaware Federal District Court when the jury determined that Booking.Com B.V. violated the U.S. Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) by engaging in "screen scraping" of data...more
8/5/2024
/ Booking.com ,
Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) ,
Content Aggregators ,
Customer Accounts ,
Damages ,
Delaware ,
Evidence ,
Intent to Defraud ,
Jury Trial ,
Priceline ,
Travelers ,
Unauthorized Access ,
Van Buren v United States
On Friday July 19, 2024, CrowdStrike® Holdings, one of the largest cybersecurity technology companies in the world, announced that a faulty software update caused a global computer outage which ultimately disrupted many...more
The United States Supreme Court, in a somewhat controversial ruling, has resolved a circuit split by ruling that interlocutory appeals from a federal district court’s denial of a motion to compel arbitration must...more
6/26/2023
/ Arbitration ,
Automatic Stay ,
Coinbase ,
Coinbase Inc v Bielski ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Dissenting Opinions ,
Federal Arbitration Act ,
Interlocutory Appeals ,
Motion to Compel ,
Online Platforms ,
Pre-Trial Motions ,
SCOTUS ,
Stays
Pleading and injunction standards are beginning to take shape in the Third Circuit courts-
The case law pursuant to the 2016 enactment of the Defend Trade Secrets Act (DTSA) is developing in many Circuits across the country....more