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Trade Secret Litigation: The Power of Protection
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#WorkforceWednesday: Latest Developments – Restrictive Covenants in the Health Care Industry - Employment Law This Week® - Spilling Secrets Podcast
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#WorkforceWednesday: Invention Ownership - Why the Tense Matters in Employee IP Provisions - Employment Law This Week® - Spilling Secrets Podcast
#WorkforceWednesday: Non-Compete Law Update – Key Developments from 2023 - Employment Law This Week® - Spilling Secrets Podcast
The FBI on Economic Espionage
#WorkforceWednesday: Restrictive Covenants Around the World - Challenges for Multinational Employers - Employment Law This Week® - Spilling Secrets Podcast
#WorkforceWednesday: Non-Compete Agreements in 2023: What Employers Need to Know - Employment Law This Week® - Spilling Secrets Podcast
#WorkforceWednesday: Attention Employers - How to Protect Trade Secrets in California - Employment Law This Week® - Spilling Secrets Podcast
#WorkforceWednesday: When a Restrictive Covenant Dispute Goes Beyond the Injunction Phase - Employment Law This Week® - Spilling Secrets Podcast
When a company is in the process of pursuing a transaction involving the acquisition or merger of another company, one of the first negotiable documents encountered will likely be a non-disclosure or confidentiality agreement...more
Are attorney fees recoverable when suing on trade secret claims? In some cases, yes. In Arkansas, attorneys’ fees are recoverable in a breach of contract case...more
The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit affirmed a district court’s decision finding trade secret misappropriation and breach of contract based on a recruiter’s improper use of confidential client information. Counsel...more
An American Arbitration Association arbitrator recently awarded Black Knight, Inc. (BK) $155M stemming from Pennymac Loan Services, LLC’s (Pennymac) alleged use of its mortgage-loan servicing platform to develop its own...more
On November 1, 2023, a jury in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California awarded damages to Skye Orthobiologics, LLC (“Skye”) and Human Regenerative Technologies, LLC (“HRT”) for breach of contract,...more
The recent lawsuit filed by the New York Knicks against a former employee, the Toronto Raptors’ parent organization, and the Raptors’ head coach, could be a harbinger of a rise in employment and trade secret litigation in...more
Ex-employee’s golf outing with customer does not violate non-solicit - An auto parts manufacturer in Michigan sought a preliminary injunction against a former sales employee for violating his restrictive covenants,...more
Enforceability of releases for unknown claims at the time of settlement is a well-established legal principle, as highlighted in the recent case, arrivia Inc. v. Rowley, No. CV-23-01039-PHX-DLR, 2023 WL 7386384 (D. Ariz. Nov....more
On June 9, 2023, Justice Robert Reed of the New York State Court, Commercial Division, issued a decision in Trump v. Trump, 192 N.Y.S.3d 891 (Sup. Ct. N.Y. Cnty. June 9, 2023). This decision largely denied Mary Trump’s motion...more
The New York Knicks made headlines last week when they sued the Toronto Raptors for theft of confidential and proprietary information, including scouting reports, play frequency reports, and other confidential information...more
A federal court in Pennsylvania has held that a confidentiality agreement signed five months after an employee was hired can be enforced after the employee leaves even if the employee received no consideration other than...more
Partners Jenny Colgate and Jennifer Maisel will present a webinar titled "Artificial Intelligence Litigation Risks for the Medical Technology Industry" for Medmarc, the leading expert in the products liability risks facing...more
Here is what we cover in this issue of The Employment Law Reporter: •A New York trial court has ruled that the purchaser of a medical practice could not enforce a noncompete provision contained in the purchase agreement...more
The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, in a case where an ex-employer sought preliminary injunctive relief based on an alleged breach of non-disclosure and non-compete agreements and alleged misappropriation of...more
It is no secret that employees are often the most likely people to misappropriate an employer’s confidential information or valuable trade secrets. In this particular situation, employers have many options at their disposal,...more
Federal and state laws are becoming increasingly unfriendly to employers' efforts to impose post-employment restrictions on workers via nonsolicit and noncompete agreements. However, even in states that have historically...more
A New Jersey federal court has ruled in favor of Allstate Insurance in a dispute over attorney’s fees in a case involving allegations of employee misuse of company confidential information and trade secrets. Defendants...more
Trade secret litigation presents a variety of procedural and practical complexities at every stage of the proceeding. One of the most important—yet often overlooked—issues in these cases can be summarized by the following...more
Limitation of liability provisions are standard in almost every contract and are essential in helping the contract parties limit their risk. These provisions typically contain a broad disclaimer of consequential damages and a...more
Here is what we cover in this issue of Employment Law Reporter Spring 2022: •The U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York has granted the defendant’s motion in an employment discrimination lawsuit brought...more
A New York Arbitrator’s recent decision invalidating the non-disclosure agreement (“NDA”) signed by former Apprentice star turned White House advisor Omarosa Manigault Newman (“Omarosa”) is a cautionary tale for employers who...more
Although seemingly commonplace, nondisclosure agreements have been subject to increasing litigation in recent years. Businesses often default to using boilerplate NDAs without careful consideration of the specific...more
A Georgia jury recently found that a software contractor breached a non-disclosure/confidentiality agreement (NDA) entered in connection with a software project but did not misappropriate trade secrets. The plaintiff...more
A Louisiana appellate court affirmed a trial court’s finding that there was a signed franchise agreement between the parties even though the franchisor could not produce the signed original. Brooke and Michael Hyde decided...more
FOREWORD - On behalf of the new and expanding Goodwin London litigation team I am delighted to welcome you to our first ever ‘Litigation Insights’: a series of quarterly updates on important and interesting developments...more