Work This Way: A Labor & Employment Law Podcast - Episode 31: Trade Secrets and Protecting Confidential Information with Jennie Cluverius of Maynard Nexsen
Trade Secret Litigation: The Power of Protection
JONES DAY PRESENTS®: Cross-Border Trade Secret Litigation in the United States
The FBI on Economic Espionage
Don’t go too far when investigating trade secret misappropriation by an employee (Fairly Competing, Podcast Episode 17)
#WorkforceWednesday: Spilling Secrets: Employers - Train on Trade Secrets - Employment Law This Week®
Trade Secret Two-Step: Part 2
Trade Secret Two-Step: Part 1
Monthly Minute | Trade Secret Protection Best Practices–Exit Interviews
Nota Bene Episode 110: Mapping U.S. Domestic and Extraterritorial Trade Secret Protection and Enforcement with Robert Friedman
Pepe the Frog
JONES DAY PRESENTS®: Helping Clients with Trade Secret Protection
JONES DAY PRESENTS®: Trade Secret Enforcement in the United Kingdom
JONES DAY PRESENTS®: Trade Secret Enforcement in Spain
JONES DAY PRESENTS®: Trade Secret Enforcement in France
JONES DAY PRESENTS®: Trade Secret Enforcement in Taiwan
JONES DAY TALKS®: Women in IP: Protecting Trade Secrets in Remote-Work Situations
JONES DAY PRESENTS®: Trade Secret vs. Patent Litigation
U.S. International Trade Commission
Podcast: The Current Trade Secrets Landscape: Criminal and Civil Litigation Strategies and Tactics
Protecting trade secrets in any business is critical, but the stakes are higher in life sciences. Given the high focus on innovation in the industry, corporate espionage can result in devastating financial and reputational...more
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
A temporary restraining order (“TRO”) followed by a preliminary injunction is often essential for a company to maintain the trade secrets status of its information that is being misappropriated. Typically, once the...more
In the world of business, safeguarding your company’s valuable information is crucial to maintaining a competitive edge. One of the most important assets a company can have is its trade secrets. But what exactly are trade...more
Continuing our series on electric vehicle (EV) trade secret litigation, see here and here, a California judge has tentatively given Tesla the green light to proceed with a trial against rival Rivian in March of 2025. This...more
As we all await rulings on the lawsuits challenging the FTC’s Noncompete Rule (one of which may be decided later today), we provide an update on the Knicks/Raptors trade secret case that we previously discussed on EBG’s...more
Zunum Aero, Inc. v. The Boeing Company et al., No. 2:21-CV-00896-JLR, (W.D. Wash. May 30, 2024) - A Washington jury recently issued a $72 million verdict in favor of Zunum Aero Inc. (“Zunum”), a now-defunct aerospace...more
Like most states, North Carolina law protects employers from misappropriation of confidential and proprietary trade secrets. Last month, the North Carolina Business Court (a division of the Superior Court that handles complex...more
Are customer/client lists protectable trade secrets in Arkansas? It depends. Answering this question involves looking closely at the facts and circumstances of each situation. There is some case law examining the legal...more
Trade secrets have become a de facto intellectual property right for securing valuable artificial intelligence information. Despite regulatory trends toward greater transparency of AI models, federal policy acknowledges,...more
The New York Knicks just sued their former employee and his new employer, the Toronto Raptors, in a case that can teach employers a lot about trade secret misappropriation. The August 21 lawsuit accuses their Eastern...more
A recent trade secret matter pending in federal court in California shows the pitfalls of a company’s failing to do trade secret asset management before filing a trade secret lawsuit, and also highlights some important...more
Employers today are coming to terms with what has developed into full-time remote or hybrid work arrangements for many workers. However, you should recognize that the rise of these work arrangements may create additional...more
A review of significant developments, cases, and verdicts throughout the United States in 2021 in trade secrets law - With shades of Tom Hanks’ befuddled protest in a League of Their Own, the Houston Astros bellowed that...more
When most companies think about how to protect their proprietary information and inventions, the first (and most obvious) option is to file for patent protection. However, as recent court cases make clear, trade secret law...more
A trade secret is any information used in one’s business that derives independent economic value from being kept secret. Unlike patents, trade secrets are protected indefinitely for as long as they remain a secret. In the...more
One of the most common forms of business agreements that our clients enter into is the non-disclosure agreement (NDA). Whether to explore a potential partnership between two companies, to consider a proposed merger or...more
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
The COVID-19 remote work era is now in its tenth month, and employees continue to work away from the physical office, without in-person supervision, and perhaps outside of the company network. During this time, many employees...more
On June 19, 2020, Kim Kardashian West’s (“Kardashian West”) company KKW Beauty, LLC (“KKW”) was sued in California Superior Court by its business partners Seed Beauty (“Seed”) alleging trade secret infringement. According to...more
In a rare appellate decision on enforceability of non-disclosure agreements and a plaintiff’s burden to establish the existence of trade secrets, the First Circuit recently overturned a district court summary judgment order...more
At the end of 2019, Coty Inc. (“Coty”) expanded its brand portfolio by closing a notable $600 million deal for a majority stake in reality star Kylie Jenner’s young cosmetics company, King Kylie LLC (d/b/a Kylie Cosmetics)....more
As we previously reported, CBD company Healthcare Resources Management Group, LLC (Healthcare Resources) filed an action in the US District Court for the Southern District of Florida claiming trade secret misappropriation by...more
The coronavirus pandemic has created profound changes to how many Americans do their work, with an outsized number now working from home. This arrangement, while necessary given social distancing requirements and the...more
As we previously reported, on February 18, 2020, Medterra CBD (“Medterra”) filed a motion to dismiss a lawsuit alleging that it had misappropriated Healthcare Resources Management Group LLC’s (“Healthcare Resources”)...more