Non-Compete Agreements, Misappropriation

Business Law Newsletter - March 2013

by James V. Irving | Bean, Kinney & Korman, PC on 3/18/2013

In This Issue: - Business Torts in Virginia - Virginia Non-Competition Law After Home Paramount - 2013 Mileage Rates Alert - Excerpt from 2013 Mileage Rates Alert: The Internal Revenue Service has...more

Jury Verdict Highlights Dangers of Destroying Evidence

by Kenneth Vanko | Clingen Callow & McLean, LLC on 1/30/2013

Those of us practicing unfair competition law often find ourselves in a unique spot. When we counsel clients - really, departing employees - we can help shape the facts of a potential lawsuit. Imagine for a second you're a...more

Tait Graves Asks: Do Non-Competes Appropriately Regulate Intellectual Property?

by Kenneth Vanko | Clingen Callow & McLean, LLC on 1/28/2013

For those of you interested in the academic side of non-compete agreements, the article I have embedded with this post is a must-read....more

Hallmark Recoups Former Executive’s Severance Pay Seven Years after Separation Agreement

by Mary Theresa Metzler, Claire Ana-Perot Tracey | Ballard Spahr LLP on 1/22/2013

Seven years after entering into a separation agreement with one of its executives, Hallmark Cards, Inc. brought suit against the former employee, seeking a “full refund” of the $735,000 severance it paid her....more

United Health Services Wins $6.9 Million Verdict In Non-Compete Claim Against Acadia Healthcare

by John Paul Nefflen | Burr & Forman on 1/2/2013

On December 22, 2012, ModernHealthcare.com reported that United Health Services (“UHS”), based in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, won a $6.89 million jury verdict against Acadia Healthcare (“Acadia”), a healthcare company...more

BaZynga!

by Dan Nabel | Greenberg Glusker Fields Claman & Machtinger... on 12/26/2012

Free-to-play games are all the rage these days. Many people while away their days playing Angry Birds, or Words with Friends before going home to watch Monday Night Football. Nerds — and, increasingly, “normal people” — do...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

Illinois' Rule 23 Problem

by Kenneth Vanko | Clingen Callow & McLean, LLC on 9/7/2012

Some years back, our Supreme Court amended Rule 23 to allow for the appellate courts to publish non-precedential orders in an expanded class of cases. Rule 23 had long been part of the appellate equation, but the latest...more

The Reading List (No. 10)

by Kenneth Vanko | Clingen Callow & McLean, LLC on 8/30/2012

Today's Chicago Tribune Business section contains a lead article on the sentencing of Hanjuan Jin (right), the former software engineer who was caught boarding a plane to China with highly confidential documents...more

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