In recent years, there has been a shift across the U.S. to restrict the use of non-compete agreements. In fact, on January 5, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) proposed a new rule that would effectively ban the use...more
2/6/2023
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Confidentiality Agreements ,
Employees ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Contract ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Labor Reform ,
Labor Regulations ,
Non-Compete Agreements ,
Non-Solicitation Agreements ,
Proposed Rules ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Restrictive Covenants ,
State and Local Government
On January 5, 2023, President Biden signed the Protecting American Intellectual Property Act of 2022 (“PAIP Act”) into law. The law is designed to shield American businesses from trade secret theft by foreign actors....more
Trade secret law affords plaintiffs flexibility in fashioning a damages calculation. As detailed in the Defense of Trade Secrets Act, remedies can include (1) injunctive relief, (2) damages for the plaintiff’s actual loss,...more
In July 2022, the Seventh Circuit issued an opinion making it clear that employers must put in place written invention assignment agreements if they want to ensure ownership of employee inventions...more
8/23/2022
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Corporate Counsel ,
Employees ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Litigation ,
Former Employee ,
Intellectual Property Agreements ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Inventions ,
Patent Ownership ,
Patents ,
Trade Secrets
Under conventional pleading standards, courts generally allowed plaintiffs to describe their trade secrets with a level of generality when filing a complaint in a trade secret case. It often sufficed for plaintiffs to provide...more