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Invocation of "The Rule" During Trade Secret Injunction Hearings

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The Texas Supreme Court ruled last week that a party accused of stealing trade secrets does not have an absolute right to be present in the courtroom for the entirety of a preliminary injunction hearing when the trade secrets...more

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Texas Supreme Court Applies Absolute Privilege to Statements in FCPA Investigations

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You may remember the 2013 Texas Court of Appeals case involving Shell Oil Company and Robert Writt. We covered it here, and it left FCPA internal investigations based in Texas in an awkward spot. To recap very briefly, in...more

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