When a Florida federal court recently rejected a hospital system’s attempt to keep its physician compensation data private, despite a claim that the information constituted a trade secret, healthcare employers across the...more
2/5/2019
/ Confidential Information ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Health Care Providers ,
Hospitals ,
Pay Data ,
Pay Rates ,
Physicians ,
Public Disclosure ,
Public Information ,
Sealed Records ,
Trade Secrets ,
Wage and Hour
Anyone working in the healthcare industry knows the saying: “an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” It’s one of the most common adages used when discussing the benefits of a healthy lifestyle or the importance of...more
5/9/2018
/ Competition ,
Confidential Information ,
Confidentiality Policies ,
Customer Information ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Defend Trade Secrets Act (DTSA) ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Health Care Providers ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Non-Compete Agreements ,
Non-Disclosure Agreement ,
Patients ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Trade Secrets
Many defendants attempt to defend claims for trade secret misappropriation by claiming that they never used or disclosed the information in question. Based on a recent ruling by a federal district court in New York, however,...more
4/16/2018
/ Cloud Storage ,
Confidential Information ,
Defend Trade Secrets Act (DTSA) ,
Disclosure ,
Employee Misconduct ,
Former Employee ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Misappropriation ,
Motion to Dismiss ,
Preliminary Injunctions ,
Trade Secrets
Employers who operate in a multi-state environment should take note of a recent case out of the Sixth Circuit (which governs employers that operate in Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, and Tennessee.) Stone Surgical, LLC v. Stryker...more
6/5/2017
/ Appeals ,
Breach of Contract ,
Breach of Duty ,
Choice-of-Law ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Contract ,
Forum Selection ,
Medical Devices ,
Misappropriation ,
Multistate Corporations ,
Non-Compete Agreements ,
Out-of-State Companies ,
Restrictive Covenants ,
Salespersons ,
Trade Secrets