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Non-Compete News: Federal Court in Georgia Finds Customer Contact Information May Be a Trade Secret, Interprets Customer and...

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In Tanium v. Yago et al., the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia recently reminded us of a few things: (1) customer contact information can constitute a trade secret; (2) the Georgia Restrictive Covenant...more

UB Greensfelder LLP

FINRA’s Concerns About Maintaining Confidentiality Seem To Be Broadening

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I hope that, by now, everyone understands and appreciates just how freakishly sensitive the regulators are to misconduct involving the wrongful sharing of confidential information. If you don’t, however, FINRA was kind enough...more

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Fifth Circuit Affirms Confirmation of Arbitration Ruling in Favor of Ameriprise Financial

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The Fifth Circuit affirmed the confirmation of an arbitration ruling in favor of Ameriprise Financial Services Inc. In 2015, Ameriprise sought a temporary restraining order against Jeremy Walker, a former employee of an...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

Chris Lazarini Provides Insight on the Four Factors to Consider when Temporary Injunctive Relief is Requested

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Bass, Berry & Sims attorney Chris Lazarini provided insight on a case involving a plaintiff’s request for a temporary restraining order (TRO) against former employees who allegedly stole confidential client contact...more

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Regulator prohibits use of transaction data for marketing purposes

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The Dutch Data Protection Authority has written to the Dutch Banking Association to state that processing customers' transaction data for direct marketing purposes may not be in compliance with the General Data Protection...more

Fenwick & West LLP

Storage of Confidential Information on Executive’s Personal Devices Impedes Trade Secret Protection

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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit considered the oft-litigated issue of what constitutes reasonable efforts to maintain secrecy of a claimed trade secret in Yellowfin Yachts v. Barker Boatworks, a case...more

Vedder Price

NLRB Handbook Rules Change Like the Wind Post-Boeing

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On June 6, 2018, the Office of the General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board (“the NLRB” or “the Board”) published its most recent memo concerning employer handbook policies. The memo’s guidance reflects a stark...more

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An Ounce Of Prevention Is Worth A Pound Of Cure When It Comes To Protecting Your Trade Secrets

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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

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Are Financial Services Firms Reconsidering The Protocol?

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The Protocol for Broker Recruiting (“Protocol”) allows for reciprocal poaching of brokers. More specifically, if a broker leaves one Protocol firm for another Protocol firm, the broker can a) take certain account information...more

Mintz - Privacy & Cybersecurity Viewpoints

The Wells Fargo PII Epic Fail – Chapter II

The law firm that inadvertently produced records containing personally-identifying information (“PII”) relating to 50,000 Wells Fargo customers in response to a third-party subpoena, which we first reported on, went before a...more

Proskauer - Labor Relations Update

Divided NLRB Rules Employer Policy Protecting Customer Information Is Lawful

Employers can prohibit the use by employees of the names, social security numbers and credit card numbers of customers in furtherance of organizational activities. If this seems like it should have been a foregone conclusion,...more

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