In a decision of first impression issued last week, the United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee held, in Gus’s Franchisor, LLC v. Terrapin Restaurant Partners, LLC, that the COVID-19 pandemic did...more
9/9/2020
/ Civil Contempt Orders ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
First Impression ,
Franchise Agreements ,
Franchisee ,
Infectious Diseases ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Permanent Injunctions ,
Proprietary Information ,
Restaurant Industry ,
Trade Secrets ,
Trademarks ,
TRO
At the end of 2019, Coty Inc. (“Coty”) expanded its brand portfolio by closing a notable $600 million deal for a majority stake in reality star Kylie Jenner’s young cosmetics company, King Kylie LLC (d/b/a Kylie Cosmetics)....more
8/11/2020
/ Acquisitions ,
Brand ,
Breach of Contract ,
Business Model ,
Business Strategies ,
Business Valuations ,
Celebrity Endorsements ,
Confidential Information ,
Cosmetics ,
Distributors ,
Injunctions ,
Injunctive Relief ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Manufacturers ,
Marketing ,
Misappropriation ,
Partnerships ,
Proprietary Information ,
Suppliers ,
Trade Secrets ,
Unfair Competition ,
Uniform Trade Secrets Acts
As we previously reported, CBD company Healthcare Resources Management Group, LLC (Healthcare Resources) filed an action in the US District Court for the Southern District of Florida claiming trade secret misappropriation by...more
As we previously reported, on February 18, 2020, Medterra CBD (“Medterra”) filed a motion to dismiss a lawsuit alleging that it had misappropriated Healthcare Resources Management Group LLC’s (“Healthcare Resources”)...more
Manhattan restaurant Sottolio, Inc., d/b/a Norma Gastronomia Siciliana hired Giuseppe Manco—“a noted Italian pizza chef, or pizzaiolo”—to consult on its menu. At the same time, Manco and his wife purchased a 9% interest in...more
12/11/2019
/ Breach of Contract ,
Confidential Information ,
Contract Terms ,
Economic Impact Analysis ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Legitimate Business Interest ,
Motion to Dismiss ,
Non-Compete Agreements ,
Non-Disclosure Agreement ,
Proprietary Information ,
Recipes ,
Restaurant Industry ,
Restrictive Covenants
After being slapped with a post-trial judgment last April totaling $2.2 million for misappropriation of confidential and proprietary information, two Wyoming bank executives were named in an unprecedented “Notice of Intent to...more
3/14/2019
/ Banks ,
Breach of Duty ,
Confidential Information ,
Criminal Conspiracy ,
Federal Reserve ,
Fiduciary Duty ,
FSB ,
Misappropriation ,
Orders of Prohibition ,
Post-Trial Order ,
Proprietary Information ,
Trade Secrets
A Massachusetts Federal Court recently enjoined the former Director of Research and Development and Quality Assurance of National Fish & Seafood, Inc. (“National Fish”) from working for a competing seafood supplier based in...more
9/21/2018
/ Employee Handbooks ,
Employees ,
Employment Litigation ,
Employment Policies ,
Fishing Industry ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Material Dissemination ,
Misappropriation ,
Proprietary Information ,
Terms and Conditions ,
Trade Secrets