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Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP

To Settle or Not To Settle: That Is the Question

Consider the following (common) scenario: your company has been served with a lawsuit by a former employee claiming they were wrongfully terminated. Legal counsel advises you that, while the employee is making what appears to...more

Alston & Bird

In Georgia, Former Employees Get Full Disclosure

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You see it all the time – lawyers contacting former employees of an adverse corporate litigant. Our Litigation & Trial Practice Group deposes a new proposed opinion from the State Bar of Georgia that imposes more explicit...more

Butler Snow LLP

Expert Disclosures: Navigating the Distinction Between Retained and Non-Retained Experts

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In 2010, Fed. R. Civ. P. 26 was amended to require full expert reports and other disclosures for retained expert witnesses, but only summaries of anticipated opinion testimony of non-retained experts. During the ensuing nine...more

Rumberger | Kirk

Top Secret: How to Successfully Build a Trade Secrets Case

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“For injunctive relief, a practitioner must establish irreparable harm to the client caused by the misappropriation of the trade secrets. Irreparable harm can come in many forms, with reputational harm and loss of goodwill...more

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.

PTAB Strategies and Insights - December 2018

The PTAB Strategies and Insights newsletter provides timely updates and insights into how best to handle proceedings at the USPTO. It is designed to increase return on investment for all stakeholders looking at the entire...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Overcoming Bad Evidence: Lessons From Waymo V. Uber Trial

One piece of “bad” evidence (or evidence that simply looks bad) can sink a client at trial. How do you neutralize the evidence before the judge and keep the jury sympathetic to your client when there is evidence that, at...more

Brooks Pierce

Defending A Former Employee On a Non-Compete Or For Misappropriation Of Trade Secrets? Read This.

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Do you really have to rush to Court to obtain an injunction for a misappropriation of trade secrets? Maybe not. But for an injunction enforcing a non-compete agreement, maybe yes. ...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

How To Make Computer Fraud Claims Stick

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Employers need clear policies in order to use a federal criminal law as a civil remedy against workers. The recent decision in Allied Portables v. Youmans from the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida...more

Haight Brown & Bonesteel LLP

Employment Alert: Court Upholds Waiver of Employer’s Right to Arbitration

In Bower v. Inter-Con Security Systems, Inc., No. A135940, published December 31, 2014 (Bower), the California Court of Appeal, First Appellate District held that a defendant employer waived its right to arbitration based on...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

To Sue or Not to Sue: That Is the Trade Secret Question

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You have just learned that a senior member of the company research and development team has resigned. The employee had access to important confidential information about your company’s product development, manufacturing...more

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