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A Trade Secret is any information, not generally known or easily ascertainable, by which an enterprise develops an economic advantage over competitors or customers. In order to maintain trade secrets'... more +
A Trade Secret is any information, not generally known or easily ascertainable, by which an enterprise develops an economic advantage over competitors or customers. In order to maintain trade secrets' protected legal status, enterprises must make reasonable efforts to keep the information secret and prevent unnecessary disclosure.  Trade Secrets may include processes, formulas, methods, designs, patterns, et cetera.   less -
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Trade Secret Protection in Life Sciences: Strategies for Success

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Late last month, the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) hosted a panel on Trade Secret Protection in Life Sciences: Strategies for Success. In today's rapidly evolving business environment, trade secrets are becoming...more

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Lesson Learned: Man Charged with Insider Trading After Misappropriating Information from Wife’s Work-From-Home Calls

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As we previously reported in March 2020, the implementation of remote work policies heightens the risk of misappropriation of trade secrets in remote work environments and could require businesses to take additional steps to...more

Fisher Phillips

Workplace Law Forecast 2024 - Your workplace law recap for 2023 and predictions for 2024 to help you prepare for the coming year.

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When I reflect on the relationship that our firm has with our clients, I’m most proud of the fact that you can always count on us. That often means defending complex litigation, steering you through regulatory threats,...more

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Best Practices to Protect Your Intellectual Property When an Employee Leaves the Company

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The current employment market is placing incredible stress on businesses, many of which are struggling to find enough employees to simply cover shifts. Pay increases and higher recruiting costs, consequently, continue to...more

StoneTurn

Insider Risk and The Protection of Critical Trade Secrets

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While the global pandemic has highlighted the perils of remote work, decades of collective experience undertaking internal investigations for corporations and their advisors in connection with the misappropriation of...more

Jones Day

JONES DAY PRESENTS®: Enhancing Trade Secret Protection in Remote Work Environments

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The recent shift to remote work has meant an increased vulnerability in trade secret protection. Jones Day Labor & Employment Partner Steve Zadravecz explains how updating policies, procedures, and software can make a...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Future Employer Survey Results Highlight Need For Companies To Implement Thoughtful Policies To Protect Company Data and...

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Earlier this year, Seyfarth Shaw partnered to issue the 2022 Future Employer survey to clients and contacts. We surveyed in-house legal and business leaders to find out how they are thinking about the “Future of Work.” This...more

Ward and Smith, P.A.

Does Your Organization Use Non-Compete, Non-Solicitation, and Nondisclosure Provisions? Employer Best Practices for Restrictive...

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It is no hidden secret that many employers use various restrictive covenants to protect their trade secrets, confidential information, goodwill, and customer relationships.  For example, employers often use non-compete...more

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Protecting Trade Secrets in Remote and Hybrid Workplaces: 3 Questions Employers Should Be Asking Themselves

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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

Epstein Becker & Green

#WorkforceWednesday: Spilling Secrets: Restrictive Covenants in the Remote Work Boom - Employment Law This Week®

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This week, we bring you our special Spilling Secrets podcast series on the future of non-compete and trade secrets law. Two and a half years into the pandemic, it appears that remote work is here to stay, to varying degrees,...more

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Top Legal Issues Facing the Manufacturing Sector in 2022

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As the global economy faces the third year of the pandemic, manufacturers are no longer focused on figuring out when things will return to “normal.” Instead, they are applying lessons learned from the past few years to become...more

Fisher Phillips

Forecast: March 2022 Edition

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Welcome to FP Forecast, a monthly outlook featuring Fisher Phillips thought leaders providing their insights into what employers can expect in 2022 and beyond. By following along each month, you’ll be in the best position to...more

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A Trade Secret Storm Looms: Six Steps to Take Now

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A storm is brewing in the intellectual property world, and it’s heading straight for trade secrets. With millions of Americans quitting their jobs each month — 4.3 million in December alone — and pandemic-stunned...more

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Protecting Trade Secrets in a Remote Working World

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Mitigating Trade Secret Risks in a New Workplace - The protection of trade secrets has always been vital to maintaining a successful business, particularly as companies innovate and use technology in creative ways to...more

Troutman Pepper

Protecting Trade Secrets in a Work-From-Home World

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Q: Do work-from-home arrangements create a heightened risk that company trade secrets may be exposed? ...more

Pullman & Comley, LLC

Manufacturing Updates - Spring 2021

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Welcome to Manufacturing Updates, Pullman & Comley’s new quarterly publication that summarizes important legal developments for manufacturers. Manufacturing Updates brings together insights from attorneys across our many...more

Snell & Wilmer

The New Reality: The Remote Workplace Is Here—Maybe Permanently!

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A recent survey conducted by the Society of Human Resource Managers revealed that one of the top employment issues businesses face today is how best to train supervisors to effectively manage a remote workforce. Close behind...more

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The Tools Used in Modern Business---Such As Videoconferencing---and the Social Media Culture Create Real Challenges to Protecting...

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In the past decade, the prevalence of videoconferencing, social media, and other technological platforms have flooded college dorm rooms and boardroom meetings alike. The ubiquity of these technologies is unavoidable, and...more

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Safeguarding Trade Secrets While Your Employees Work from Home

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Within the last year millions of employees find themselves working from home for the first time. With the sudden shift to working from home, companies are facing new and unique challenges in order to protect trade secrets and...more

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Top 3 Employee Mobility and Restrictive Covenant Issues to Watch For in 2021

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With 2020 finally in our rearview mirror, we can begin to look ahead to a promising and prosperous 2021. As the cloud of COVID-19 starts to lift (thanks to several vaccines), we expect employers will slowly begin to reopen...more

Fisher Phillips

Trade Secret Protection With A Remote Workforce: 7 Practical Considerations for Employers

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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

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Ten Trade Secret Resolutions to Keep for 2021 and Beyond

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2020 brought with it a bevy of new challenges for companies of all sizes in every industry, not the least of which was protecting trade secrets and confidential information in the face of newly remote workforces. 2021 brings...more

Nossaman LLP

On-Demand Webinar | Protecting Information in a Work-From-Home World

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Each month, Nossaman's complimentary Employment BUZZ webinar series covers a different topic of interest to employers, including tax, insurance, intellectual property and employment issues. These "quick hit" 30-minute...more

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Will Supreme Court Enforce Law And Order In The Digital Workplace?

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Now entering its ninth month in the United States with no sign of slowing down, the COVID-19 pandemic has forced many employers to make permanent changes to business operations in order to survive. Among the most noticeable...more

Epstein Becker & Green

[Virtual Event] Hot Employee Mobility Issues in the COVID-19 Era - November 12th, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm ET

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COVID-19 has not only created a plethora of workplace safety, accommodation, and leave issues, it has also created new employee mobility challenges for employers: - How can employers maintain the “trade secret” status of...more

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