Recent California case highlights standards for trade secret misappropriation cases *

USA - August 6 2012
On June 7, in FormFactor, Inc. v. Micro-Probe, Inc., et al., the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California denied plaintiff FormFactor’s motion for summary judgment that a former employee had misappropriated trade secrets when he left to work for competitor Micro-Probe, and granted Micro-Probe’s crossmotion for summary judgment.

Co-authors: Tiffany S. Fordyce, Kurt A. Kappes.

Recent California case highlights standards for trade secret misappropriation cases *

USA - August 3 2012
On June 7, 2012, in FormFactor, Inc. v. Micro-Probe, Inc., et al., No. C 10-3095 PJH, 2012 WL 2061520 (N.D. Cal. June 7, 2012), the United States District Court for the Northern District of California denied plaintiff FormFactor’s motion for summary judgment that a former employee had misappropriated trade secrets when he left to work for competitor Micro-Probe, and granted Micro-Probe’s crossmotion for summary judgment.

Co-authors: Tiffany S. Fordyce, Kurt A. Kappes.

NRLB judge finds employees wrongfully terminated for Facebook postings *

USA - May 3 2012
On April 27, 2012, an NLRB Administrative Law Judge issued another decision in the growing body of cases involving employee use of social media.