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Utilizing Digital Forensics Expertise in Intellectual Property, Copyright & Trade Secret Matters

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Need Assessment, Vetting, and Identification of a Reliable Expert in the Digital Forensics Process - Whether your organization is looking for advisory and expert support for an internal investigation into allegations of...more

Purpose Legal

Proactive Steps for Protecting your Intellectual Property (IP) and Trade Secrets

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We live in an era in which information is a valuable commodity. Access to data, ideas, and trade secrets is in high demand, particularly for individuals or companies seeking to profit from this information. One way they gain...more

Cozen O'Connor

Should Personal Cell Phones be off the eDiscovery Radar? – Case Law Update

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The U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas granted in part a plaintiff’s emergency motion for expedited discovery to allow forensic imaging of the defendant’s employees’ laptops to search for evidence of trade secret...more

EDRM - Electronic Discovery Reference Model

Illumination Zone: Episode 127 | Ankura's Sean Evans sits down with Kaylee & Mary

Illumination Zone: Sean Evans, Managing Director for EDRM Trusted Partner, Ankura sits down with Kaylee and Mary to talk about his journey to eDiscovery and some tools and techniques for protecting IP and trade secrets when...more

Mayer Brown

IP Pitfalls in Data Monetization Projects

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Join Mayer Brown partners Richard Assmus and Oliver Yaros as they discuss with host Julian Dibbell how to address the IP pitfalls in data monetization. Their discussion will focus on the unseen value of data, the difficulties...more

Payne & Fears

Five Policies to Help Avoid “Unforced Errors” By New Hires That May Lead To A Trade Secrets Misappropriation Claim

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Company new hires sometimes commit “unforced errors” when departing one company and joining another, leading to trade secrets disputes with the prior employer that could have been prevented by following basic rules and...more

HaystackID

[Webcast Transcript] From the Enterprise to Individuals: Are You Mitigating Departing Employee Risk?

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On December 3, 2020, HaystackID shared an educational webcast designed to inform and update legal and data discovery professionals on considerations and approaches that can help organizations proactively and reactively...more

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Conducting Trade Secret and Restrictive Covenant Investigations Remotely

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One of the first things a company should do when it suspects that its trade secrets have been compromised or that an employee has violated post-employment restrictive covenants is to conduct an investigation. ...more

Epstein Becker & Green

New London Connecticut Superior Court Jury Awards $839,423 Verdict for Theft of U.S. Navy Underwater Drone Project Trade Secrets

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A New London Connecticut Superior Court jury awarded an $839,423 verdict in November 2019, involving theft of trade secrets for a $70 million U.S. Navy underwater drone project. This case, LBI, Inc. v. Sparks, et al.,...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

3 Steps in Furtherance of Avoiding Devastating Spoliation Sanctions in Trade Secret Misappropriation Litigation

Preservation of electronically stored evidence (ESI) may be critical in trade secret cases. When a dispute revolves around whether a defendant accessed and/or transmitted the plaintiff’s trade secret material maintained in an...more

Orrick - Trade Secrets Group

Fishing For ESI

When National Fish and Seafood’s (NFS) head of research left for a new opportunity at Tampa Bay Fisheries, she may not have taken just her talents to the competition. ...more

Orrick - Trade Secrets Group

David Nosal Raises Unusual Fairness Argument In Yet Another Attempt To Avoid 366-Day Prison Sentence

Just over four years ago, in January 2014, a court sentenced former Korn/Ferry regional director David Nosal to one year and one day in prison for violations of the federal Computer Fraud and Abuse Act and the Espionage Act. ...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Stealing Data Without Depriving the Owner of Access Does Not Amount to Conversion

New York recognizes conversion claims based on intangible property, such as electronically stored information or trade secrets.[1] But does a conversion claim exist when the theft of the intangible property does not deprive...more

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Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Password-Sharing Case, Leaving Scope of Criminal Liability Under Computer Fraud and Abuse Act...

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On Tuesday, October 10, 2017, the United States Supreme Court denied certiorari in Nosal v. United States, 16-1344. Nosal asked the Court to determine whether a person violates the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act’s prohibition...more

Orrick - Trade Secrets Group

Nosal Reply Brief Sets Stage For SCOTUS Cert Decision

The U.S. Supreme Court, which just began a new term on Monday with a full complement of nine justices, is expected to soon decide whether it will hear the appeal of David Nosal, the former Korn Ferry executive whose...more

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How to Catch Trade Secret Thieves Who Try to Cover Their Tracks: A Forensic Perspective

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As a special feature of our blog—special guest postings by experts, clients, and other professionals—please enjoy this blog entry from Jonathan Karchmer, a senior managing consultant at iDiscovery Solutions with experience in...more

Morgan Lewis

Reducing Your Company’s Exposure to Trade Secret Litigation when Key Employees Come and Go

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THE NIGHTMARE SCENARIO - Within the span of two weeks, Mr. Smith and Mr. Wilson, two top managers from your $2 billion corporation, resign. Both managers had complete, unfettered access to your corporation’s trade...more

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