Tidings of data theft and coal: California Federal Court holds that trade secret misappropriation statute preempts claim for misappropriation of confidential non-trade secret data *

USA - December 24 2012
There was only coal delivered for California employers in a recent California federal decision in which the Court refused to permit a plaintiff to proceed…

Co-authors: Paul Freehling.

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California federal district court issues decision on reasonable secrecy measures, trade secret identification, and preemption *

USA - June 19 2012
A recent California federal district court decision in FormFactor, Inc. v. Micro-Probe, Inc., Case No. C 10-3095 PJH highlights the importance of companies proactively taking measures to protect their trade secrets before litigation arises and specifically identifying trade secrets that have allegedly been misappropriated.

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You think trade secrets are important? So does the FBI *

USA - June 1 2012
The FBI recently launched an initiative to curb the growing rise of trade secret and other intellectual property theft.

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Ninth Circuit rejects application of Computer Fraud and Abuse Act in employee theft cases *

USA - April 12 2012
On Tuesday, April 10, 2012, a Ninth Circuit en banc panel released its highly anticipated decision in United States v. Nosal.

Co-authors: Robert Milligan, Daniel Joshua Salinas.

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Fireworks fly, California district court enjoins former pyrotechnics company employee from soliciting former employer's customers *

USA - March 30 2012
On March 21, 2012, in the case of Pyro Spectaculars, Inc. et al. v. Souza, Case No. 12-CV-00299-GGH, Magistrate Judge Gregory G. Hollows of the USDC for the Eastern District of California (Sacramento Division), issued an order preliminarily enjoining a former Account Executive for a pyrotechnics company from soliciting the customers of his former employer.

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