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Protecting Your Business: Practical Tips To Keep Your Trade Secrets Secret

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Everyone is talking about the new rule approved by the Federal Trade Commission on April 23 (published on May 7 and set to take effect – pending legal challenges – on September 4, 2024 ). It is referred to as the...more

Dentons

Confidentiality, Non-Solicitation, and Non-Competes: The NLRB Takes Another Swing at Contractual Relationships

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As discussed in prior Iowa Employment Law Insights articles, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) in McLaren Macomb addressed issues of the rights of employees to organize under Section 7, fundamentally limiting...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

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

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

Fisher Phillips

Trade Secret Protection With A Remote Workforce: 7 Practical Considerations for Employers

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The COVID-19 remote work era is now in its tenth month, and employees continue to work away from the physical office, without in-person supervision, and perhaps outside of the company network. During this time, many employees...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Nota Bene Episode 37: How to Prevent or Defend Against Business Crimes with Chuck Kreindler

As companies continue to grow and expand across the world, the need to remain vigilant about protecting and defending against business crimes such as trade secret theft and human trafficking becomes increasingly important....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

Holland & Knight LLP

HR Toolkit Series, Part 4 - Protecting Proprietary Information and Trade Secrets

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In a recent Holland & Knight webinar, Partners Kara Ariail, Brandon Elledge, and Terry Elling discussed trade secrets and related issues affecting government contractors when employees are hired or leave. In case you missed...more

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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

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

How to Prepare for Theft of Company Information

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Companies should take three steps now to ensure use of the Defend Trade Secrets Act. In May, President Barack Obama signed into law the Defend Trade Secrets Act that creates a federal civil cause of action for the...more

Orrick - Trade Secrets Group

New Year’s Resolutions for Companies Seeking to Protect Their Trade Secrets in 2015

The start of a new year is a perfect opportunity to set lofty goals of self-improvement. While the odds of completing a New Year’s resolution aren’t exactly inspiring (over half are expected to fail within six months) studies...more

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McAfee & Taft tIPsheet - March 2013: Keys to ensuring the secrecy of trade secrets

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“Three can keep a secret if two are dead.” — Benjamin Franklin. In the shrinking world of social media, privacy seems to be an all but forgotten concept. But in the world of business, trade secrets are critical to...more

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