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Passwords Aren’t Enough: The Critical Role of NDAs in Trade Secret Protection

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In the digital age, businesses may assume that firewalls, login credentials and restricted access are enough to shield proprietary data. But a recent federal court decision shows that a “trade secret” under the Defend Trade...more

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Determining Significant Influence

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On 17 January 2025, the United Kingdom Court of Appeal in HMRC v BlueCrest Capital Management (UK) LLP [2025] EWCA Civ 23 (“BlueCrest”) held that the First-tier Tribunal (“FTT”) and the Upper Tribunal (“UT”) had made a...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Delaware Supreme Court Broadens Utility of Noncompete Enforcement Tool

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In a recent en banc decision, Delaware’s Supreme Court upheld a key tool available to employers to enforce forfeiture-for-competition provisions against former employees. Delaware’s Chancery Court has shown an increasing...more

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Seventh Circuit Decision Highlights Distinction Between Traditional Non-Compete and Forfeiture-for-Competition

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A recent decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit allowed an employer to enforce a “forfeiture-for-competition” against a former plant manager. The Court explained that, under Delaware law, forfeiture-for...more

Ius Laboris

Re-skilling and Up-skilling: How to Win the ‘War for Talent’

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The digitalisation of work is having a profound impact on the skills that employers need from their workforce, resulting in the competing challenges of skilled worker shortages and widespread redundancies. The solution to...more

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Complying With Recent Guidance From Delaware Courts Regarding Enforcement of Noncompetes

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In line with the national trend making noncompetes more difficult to enforce, a number of Delaware courts have recently refused to “blue pencil” overbroad noncompetition agreements and have stricken them in their entirety. As...more

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