News & Analysis as of

Misappropriation Confidential Documents

Holland & Knight LLP

Attaching Confidential Settlement Agreement to Complaint Serves as Basis for Counterclaim

Holland & Knight LLP on

Trade secret and contract claims often travel together. For example, a failed collaboration that involved the exchange of confidential information may result in the disclosing party alleging that the recipient both...more

Gray Reed

Should You Take Your Company’s Business Records to Support Your Lawsuit When You Leave?

Gray Reed on

In Xyngular Corp. v. Schenkel, a shareholder and director suspected that his colleagues on the board of directors were engaging in improper self-dealing, so he asked an IT department employee to download documents disclosing...more

Fisher Phillips

Illinois Court Confers Another Win for Employees in Non-solicitation and Trade Secrets Case

Fisher Phillips on

In a recent decision, the Northern District of Illinois continued its trend of invalidating employment agreements, this time in regard to a non-solicitation provision it determined to be overbroad. In Call One, Inc. v....more

Proskauer - The Capital Commitment

Defend Trade Secrets Act — Implications for Private Funds

On May 11, 2016, the federal Defend Trade Secrets Act (DTSA) became law. The DTSA provides trade-secret protections on the federal level that are similar to those available through the Uniform Trade Secrets Act (UTSA)...more

Littler

Former In-House Attorney Cannot Duck Trade Secrets Allegations with Anti-SLAPP Motion

Littler on

On July 17, 2015, a California appellate court affirmed the denial of an intellectual property attorney’s anti-SLAPP motion against his former employer. Terrence Wyles, the defendant and former in-house counsel for medical...more

Baker Donelson

Provider Fights Back Against Whistleblower's Taking of Provider's Documents

Baker Donelson on

Among the challenges for health care providers facing whistleblower lawsuits is the discovery that a whistleblower has secretly taken the provider’s documents or data. What options are available to the provider? In the recent...more

FordHarrison

Confidential Documents Potentially Safer From Employee Misappropriation Says New Jersey's Supreme Court

FordHarrison on

On the heels of an appellate decision providing employees a virtual how-to manual to misuse and exploit confidential employer documents and safely provide them to a competitor, New Jersey's Supreme Court reversed course last...more

7 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 1

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"

Your first step to building a free, personalized, morning email brief covering pertinent authors and topics on JD Supra:
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
- hide
- hide