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Stark & Stark

New Jersey Courts Will Enforce LLC Operating Agreements Over Informal Business Practices and Failed Minority Oppression Claims

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Closely held business disputes in New Jersey often arise from a simple but dangerous assumption: that long-standing business practices and informal understandings will override the written operating agreement when conflict...more

BakerHostetler

Federal Circuit Holds That DTSA Statute of Limitations Starts Running When Plaintiff Has Enough Facts to Plead - Not Necessarily...

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We all should know the risks of rushing to file a trade secret misappropriation claim under the Defend Trade Secrets Act (DTSA) without gathering enough facts. In addition to risking Rule 11 sanctions, for example, a...more

ArentFox Schiff

Federal Circuit Reinstates $82 Million Verdict Against Ford Motor Company and Revives Trade Secrets Unjust Enrichment Theory

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The Federal Circuit held that the district court erred by precluding plaintiffs from pursuing unjust enrichment damages for trade secret misappropriation claims....more

Snell & Wilmer

Don't Wait to Investigate: Lessons from the Federal Circuit's Insulet v. EOFlow Trade Secret Reversal

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In a precedential but divided decision, the Federal Circuit recently erased Insulet Corporation’s trade secret victory against EOFlow, holding that the company filed suit too late. The panel reversed a $452 million jury...more

Kilpatrick

6 Key Takeaways | Recent Developments in U.S. Trademark and Unfair Competition Law

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Kilpatrick partner Ted Davis spoke recently on recent developments in U.S. trademark and unfair competition law as part of Kilpatrick's "IP Innovations" series. That presentation addressed, inter alia, the following topics:...more

Poston Communications

[Webinar] Key Issues in Trying Your Case in the Court of Public Opinion Versus the Court of Law: PR-Related Litigation Actions,...

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For litigation partners, in-house counsel and CMBDOs responsible for triaging or managing communications counsel, please join us for this webinar which will address how legal teams and communications professionals should...more

Stark & Stark

Muellenberg v. Bikon Corp.: The Landmark New Jersey Minority Oppression Case Every Closely Held Business Owner Should Understand

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Few New Jersey cases have had a greater impact on minority shareholder oppression law than the New Jersey Supreme Court’s decision in Muellenberg v. Bikon Corp., 143 N.J. 168 (1996). The case is one of the foundational...more

Ankura

Beyond Annual Audit | Strengthening Fraud Oversight in China

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In recent years, multinational companies operating in China have devoted significant attention to external risk factors such as geopolitical tensions and trade disputes. Yet while external risks command executive focus,...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

New Bird on the Block: Operation Bluebird and X Corp.’s Fight over Twitter Trademarks

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Operation Bluebird, Inc. (“Bluebird”) and X Corp. are locked in a dispute over the future of the Twitter brand, stemming from the platform’s rebrand from “Twitter” to “X” in 2023. The TMCA covered the rebrand....more

Benesch

Versata V. Ford: Federal Circuit Reinstates $82M Award And Opens Door To Even Greater Damages

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Recently, the Federal Circuit affirmed the Eastern District of Michigan’s ruling that Ford Motor Company (“Ford”) misappropriated Versata Software Inc.’s (“Versata”) trade secrets and breached a software licensing agreement. ...more

NovoTech Patent Firm

The $17 Million NDA That Failed: What IMD v. Cornell Teaches Founders About Patent Protection

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A medical device company had an NDA. They had a jury award of more than $17 million. They had a permanent injunction against their competitor. The Federal Circuit reversed almost all of it....more

Epstein Becker & Green

Hemant Gupta Bridges the Gap Between Cutting-Edge Technology and Intellectual Property Protection

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When IP Strategy Feels Like Uncharted Territory, Hemant Gupta Knows the Terrain For technology and life sciences companies racing to innovate, protecting intellectual property (IP) can feel like an afterthought—until it...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

Tick tock: Related trade secrets have single accrual date under DTSA statute of limitations

The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit reversed a judgment awarding damages and a permanent injunction, finding that the plaintiff’s trade secret misappropriation claims were barred by the statute of limitations...more

Stark & Stark

New Jersey Chancery Court Finds LLC Member Oppression and Breach of Fiduciary Duty Following Bench Trial

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A favorable result was recently obtained in the New Jersey Superior Court, Chancery Division in Fasulo v. Shaw, an LLC member oppression and fiduciary duty case arising from a dispute among members of a limited liability...more

Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis LLP

Protecting Your Business: Unfair Competition Under New Jersey Law

What You Need to Know Unfair competition claims arise when a business alleges that a competitor, former employee, or business partner has engaged in improper conduct that damages its goodwill, customer relationships, or...more

ALTO Litigation

May Trade Secrets Litigation Brief: Fed. Circuit Reversal on Damages, Insulin Pump Verdict Thrown Out, Disney's Fee Award, and...

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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit held that trade secret plaintiffs may seek unjust enrichment damages measured by a defendant's gains from misappropriated technology and ordered a new trial on trade secret...more

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Founder Disputes: Key Considerations When Founders Clash

Many fast-growing companies are founded by friends, family, or colleagues. As these companies expand, founder disputes can emerge. Founder disputes are not typical business disagreements. Founders often play many roles...more

Proskauer - California Employment Law

Employer May Pursue Multiple Claims Against Competitor for Raiding Employees and Customers

The California Court of Appeal has revived a host of tort claims against a company that allegedly executed a plan to recruit a competitor’s employees, divert its customers, and appropriate its pipeline of active loan...more

Keating Muething & Klekamp PLL

Supreme Court Clarifies Freight Broker Liability Under the FAAAA

On May 14, 2026, the United States Supreme Court unanimously held in Montgomery v. Caribe Transport II, LLC that state-law negligent-selection claims against freight brokers are not preempted by the Federal Aviation...more

Epstein Becker & Green

Agencies Step Up DEI Scrutiny, DOL Clarifies Overtime Rules, and California Court Limits PAGA Claims - Employment Law This Week®

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What employers should know about key developments this week: • Two Federal Agencies Target DEI: The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) is urging its employees to file whistleblower complaints and report diversity, equity, and...more

WilmerHale

Readily Ascertainable - WilmerHale's Trade Secret Bulletin: March and April 2026

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Welcome to WilmerHale’s bulletin on recent trade secret case law and relevant news items. We’ve affectionately nicknamed it “Readily Ascertainable” because, unlike a trade secret, it should be easy to figure out....more

Benesch

Nobody - Not Even Einstein - Has Figured Out What Causes Gravity, but You Need to if You Are Facing a Putative Consumer Class...

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The common argument made by plaintiffs that differences in alleged misrepresentations are transcended by the center of the gravity of the alleged fraud should not be addressed through the typical approach of just comparing...more

Proskauer - Advertising Law

“Comprehensive Nutrition” Deemed Puffery – Consumers Understand You Can’t Eat Gummies for Dinner, Court Confirms

The Southern District of New York recently dismissed a putative class action challenging the marketing of Grüns Nutrition’s “Superfood Greens Gummies.” In a detailed opinion, Judge Liman found that the company’s core...more

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

It’s Giving … California: An Updated Roadmap for Nevada’s Anti-SLAPP Motion Practice

Nevada’s anti-SLAPP statutes protect defendants against meritless, retaliatory lawsuits that are based on communications exercising certain First Amendment rights. While Nevada’s law, NRS 41.635–41.670, is modeled after...more

Lathrop GPM

Federal Court Grants in Part and Denies in Part Motion to Dismiss Noncompetition and Misappropriation Claims Brought by Franchisor

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A federal court recently denied a motion to dismiss a franchisor’s claims in Valenta Franchise LLC v. Innerworks LLC, 2026 WL 1453649 (D. Ariz. May 22, 2026)....more

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