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Conn Maciel Carey LLP

[Webinar] Trade Secrets and Restrictive Covenants: Practical Advice to Safeguard Your Company’s Critical Assets - April 10th,...

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The protection of trade secrets and confidential information is critical to the success of many organizations. Employers must remain vigilant against the growing risk of sensitive information being compromised, especially...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

Insider Threats: The Overlooked Risks of Departing Employees and Sensitive Data Theft

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Insider threats continue to present a significant challenge for organizations of all sizes. One particularly concerning scenario involves employees who leave an organization and impermissibly take or download sensitive...more

Mayer Brown

When Confidential Information Cannot Be Protected Post-Termination of Employment in Hong Kong

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Not all "confidential information" can be protected post-termination of employment, as illustrated by the case of Conpak Management Consultants Limited v. Luk Wai Ting....more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Collision at the Intersection of Construction and Intellectual Property Law: Are You Protecting Your Firm's Trade Secrets?

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The construction industry is full of valuable business information including customer lists, pricing information, project budgets, and more. The value of such information may be lost if it becomes known to a competitor or the...more

Miller Nash LLP

Taking Steps to Protect Confidential Information

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Many companies have confidential information that they want to protect from disclosure to third parties or use by competitors. Often, companies also have agreements with vendors or clients in which the company promises to...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

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

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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

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Workplace Confidential: Preventing Former Employees from Using Your Trade Secrets

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Most trade secret cases involve allegations that a former employee is using a company’s confidential information at a new job or their own business. Given that reality, and the workforce disruptions caused by the coronavirus...more

Lowndes

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

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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 & Schulte

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

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

Fenwick & West LLP

Storage of Confidential Information on Executive’s Personal Devices Impedes Trade Secret Protection

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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit considered the oft-litigated issue of what constitutes reasonable efforts to maintain secrecy of a claimed trade secret in Yellowfin Yachts v. Barker Boatworks, a case...more

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Protecting Confidential Information and Trade Secrets When Employees Leave the Company

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When employees leave a company—whether it is due to a voluntary or involuntary separation—their former employers may worry about the security of the company’s confidential information and trade secrets. This article answers...more

Fisher Phillips

California Jury Punishes Former Employees for Unfair Play-Only Lawful Competition is Sacrosanct!

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Notwithstanding California's strong public policy in favor of lawful competitive behavior, California employees' duty of loyalty to their current employer reigns supreme. A violation of that duty can lead to costly jury...more

Fisher Phillips

Can Silicon Valley Keep a (Trade) Secret?

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The simplest, most valuable, yet commonly overlooked piece of advice any trade secret owner can receive is this: Protect yours trade secrets! It seems crazy that this simple advice warrants repeating, but apparently, it does,...more

Fisher Phillips

Watch for the Fox in Your Henhouse: Gig Companies at Risk

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Intellectual property threats (IPT) to companies participating in the gig economy may be greater than those experienced by traditional business. While this may seem self-evident to some, reflection on the matter confirms to...more

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

Court Upholds Conviction Of Ex-Employee For Conspiring To Access Company Data Through “Shared” Password

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Is password sharing a crime? It can be under the right circumstances, according to last week’s decision in United States v. Nosal. In Nosal, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit upheld the conviction of a former...more

Cooley LLP

Blog: Moonlighting Founders: 5 Steps to Help Protect Your Company

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For founders, moonlighting on a day job can be thorny. It isn’t lost on us that the vast majority of entrepreneurs have to start somewhere, and usually that somewhere is during his or her day job, but avoiding some common...more

Snell & Wilmer

Ten Questions To Ask Your Client When Defending Against Efforts To Enforce A Restrictive Covenant Or Confidentiality Agreement

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There are few circumstances in the practice of law that require more quick thinking and improvisation than defending a client at a temporary restraining order (“TRO”) hearing mere hours after meeting them for the first time....more

Snell & Wilmer

Ten Questions To Ask Your Client Before Seeking To Enforce A Restrictive Covenant Or Confidentiality Agreement

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The phone rings on a Wednesday afternoon. In a panic, your longtime client explains that a hotshot employee has unexpectedly fled to a competitor a few months before the launch of a top secret new product. The client is...more

PilieroMazza PLLC

STOP, THIEF! - How to Keep Your “Secret Sauce” In-House, When an Employee Is Lured to Greener Pastures

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No matter how collegial and successful a workplace you have created for your employees, attrition is an inevitable fact of life in business, and in government contracting in particular. ...more

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