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Kaufman & Canoles

K&C Sports & Entertainment Law Weekly Roundup - March 2025 #4

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Twelve current and former tennis professionals filed a proposed antitrust class action in New York federal court on Tuesday, accusing the sport’s governing bodies of operating as a “cartel” that manipulates pay and rankings,...more

Epstein Becker & Green

Belief That Information Is a Trade Secret, Even If It Isn’t, Is Enough to Be Convicted for Attempted Theft of Trade Secrets

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A federal judge in Chicago recently held that an individual can be convicted of attempting to steal a trade secret, even if the information at issue did not actually constitute a trade secret, so long as the individual...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Update! Salesman Goes on Trial in Chicago for Stealing Company Trade Secrets for a Chinese Competitors

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As noted in our February 20th blog post, Robert O’Rourke, a 30 year salesman for cast iron products manufacturer Dura Bar, went on trial in Chicago (Northern District of Illinois) for allegedly stealing Dura trade secrets...more

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Protecting Trade Secrets In Germany

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As Europe’s largest economy, one might expect Germany to provide robust protection of intellectual property assets such as trade secrets....more

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