Intellectual Property, Labor & Employment Law, Antitrust & Trade Regulation

Franchising Newsletter – April 2013

by Kathy Dalton, Murray Deakin, Sam Jackson, J. Michael Keyes, Michaela Moloney, Sylvia Ng, Chris Nikou, Anna Trist | K&L Gates LLP on 5/2/2013

Overview - There have been several franchising developments since our last update in February. This edition discusses: - minimising the risks when marketing through social media - comments from...more

Protecting Your Closely Held Business

by Peter C. Vilmos | Burr & Forman on 3/6/2013

A client recently came to me with a problem lawyers often hear: the client’s family-owned business needed to hire new employees to keep up with the growth. In particular, the company needed additional sales force and...more

McAfee & Taft tIP Sheet - March 2013

by Rachel Blue, Jessica John Bowman, Zach Oubre | McAfee & Taft on 3/5/2013

In This Issue: - 3 Monitoring employees’ use of company trademarks in social media - 5 Keys to ensuring the secrecy of trade secrets - 6 FTC amends Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule - Excerpt from...more

Unfiltered Orange | Weekly eDiscovery News Update – February 27, 2013

by Rob Robinson on 2/27/2013

Recognized nationally in Forbes’ Law and Technology Blog as a leading source of trusted eDiscovery information, Orange Legal Technologies’ Unfiltered Orange newsletter is published weekly to provide legal and technology...more

Watch Your Assets Series Part Four: Key Injunction Strategies

by John C. Glancy, Tobias E. Schlueter | Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 12/12/2012

In this series of blog posts, we have examined the use of injunctive relief in state and federal courts in response to employees who have misappropriated confidential information and trade secrets, who have solicited clients...more

Unfiltered Orange | Weekly eDiscovery News Update – Special Technology Assisted Review Backgrounder

by Rob Robinson on 12/7/2012

Technology Assisted Review - Backgrounder Compilation of Articles: February 1 - December 7, 2012 With the increased interest from the legal community on the eDiscovery technique of technology assisted review, provided...more

This Move Takes...Guts

by Kenneth Vanko | Clingen Callow & McLean, LLC on 9/28/2012

The travails of one Sergey Aleynikov are well-known to trade secrets and competition lawyers like myself. This is the ex-Goldman Sachs programmer who spurred litigation from Chicago to New York, eventually resulting in a...more

Ohio's Standard for Malicious Litigation Sounds Familiar

by Kenneth Vanko | Clingen Callow & McLean, LLC on 9/27/2012

I rely entirely on John Marsh of Hahn Loeser to provide details on one of the year's most important competition cases, American Chemical Society v. Leadscope. For this post, the holding is relevant in that it establishes - at...more

Social Networks and Trade Secret Misappropriation: Can your company’s “friends” list be a trade secret?

by Downs Rachlin Martin PLLC on 8/1/2012

Trade secrets are aspects of your company that, if discovered/used by a competitor, could significantly impact your bottom line or your ability to compete in the marketplace. Recently, a federal court in Colorado held that...more

Silicon Handshake or Hangman's Noose: The NDA's Opportunities and Risks

by Bay Oak Law on 2/21/2012

Nondisclosure Agreements ("NDAs") are everywhere: a Silicon Valley Don Juan had an NDA ready for every date. However, NDAs are not created equal -- what is good for the discloser is not good for the recipient. The "Silicon...more

Automotive Quarterly: 1st Quarter, 2012 • Volume 3, Number 1

by Dickinson Wright on 2/20/2012

In this issue: Top Action Items Under the America Invents Act; E-mail Smoking Guns; and Stopping Trade Secret Misappropriation at the Border: The International Trade Commission Provides A New Shield to Protect Against...more

10 Social Media Must Haves For Your Corporate Compliance And Ethics Program

by Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 7/20/2011

Companies would be legally remiss not to add a social media component to their corporate compliance and ethics program. As we have seen and reported on, agencies such as FINRA, the FTC, and the NLRB are bringing complaints...more

Socially Aware: The Social Media Law Update - Vol. 2, Issue 2 - April 2011

by Morrison & Foerster LLP on 4/29/2011

In this issue: FTC Charges Google With Deceptive Practices; California District Court Holds Facebook Posts Subject to CAN-SPAM Act; Ninth Circuit Takes Sides in Battle Over Terms of Use in World of Warcraft Case; New Charge...more

Noncompete News: Justice Department: Non-solicit Agreements Among High-Tech Employers Violate Antitrust Law

by FordHarrison on 3/28/2011

The Department of Justice's (DOJ) Antitrust Division recently filed two complaints, along with proposed settlement agreements, in D.C. federal court alleging that no-solicit agreements among high-tech employers constituted...more

Top Ten Legal Issues for Associations: Common Mistakes, and How to Avoid Them

by Venable LLP on 2/7/2011

In This Presentation: - Mistake #10 Failing to Get Ahead of Social Media - Mistake #9 Failing to Document What You Own … and Protect Against Infringement - Mistake #8 Failing to Limit Use of Corporate Identity -...more

A Collection of Venable's Nonprofit Legal Articles and Presentations from the Second Half of 2010

by Venable LLP on 12/21/2010

As we have done earlier this year, periodically, Venable's Nonprofit Organizations Practice Group will share the best of the nonprofit legal articles and PowerPoint presentations published or delivered by our attorneys. Our...more

Socially Aware: The Social Media Law Update - Vol. 1, Issue 3 - September 2010

by Morrison & Foerster LLP on 9/28/2010

In This Issue: 2 PR Firm Settles With FTC for Posting Positive Reviews for Clients’ Products on iTunes 2 Facebook Launches Location- Based “Facebook Places” Functionality 3 Account-Holders May Quash Subpoenas...more

Lang Michener Fall 2009 In Brief

by Lang Michener LLP on 9/16/2009

LAW NOTES cover a wide gamut from China, as a non-market economy, to the nitty-gritty of dealing with older workers. Shareholder rights, property rights, union counter moves, overtime claims and a possible GST exemption make...more

Lang Michener InBrief Fall 2008

by Lang Michener LLP on 10/1/2008

In This Issue LAW NOTES highlight a number of current issues: In the employment context, failure to acknowledge one’s mistakes is discussed as grounds for dismissal, and two other NOTES look at the likely rise in the...more

Lang Michener InBrief Summer 2009

by Lang Michener LLP on 8/1/2008

LAW NOTES deals with divergent topics – from directors’ duties to trade fixture wars. It discusses export controls, consumer protection legislation, income fund conversions, unionized worker grievances, and the consequences...more

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