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Software compilation not a trade secret under state law

  • McDermott Will & Emery
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 29 2011

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit vacated and remanded a grant of summary judgment to Defendants on Plaintiff’s claims for misappropriation of trade secrets and breach of contract against defendant Sentia Group and several former employees of the plaintiff

Chalasani revisited: misappropriating ex-employee permanently enjoined

  • Foley & Lardner LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 28 2011

We previously reported on the filing of a trade secret misappropriation case, Banc of America Securities, LLC, et al. v. Chalasani, in federal court in New York, Index No. 10 cv 7681, in which B of A sought injunctive relief against a former employee who downloaded and transferred electronically without permission proprietary trading strategies and other non-public information. B of A had announced reductions-in-force on September 21, 2010

Former Société Générale trader convicted of stealing proprietary source code; stage set for Goldman Sachs source code prosecution

  • Fisher & Phillips LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • November 21 2010

Much attention has been paid to the criminal prosecution of Samarath Agrawal, former trader at Société Générale, for allegedly misappropriating the source code that fueled the high-frequency trading algorithms used by Société Générale

Computer forensics in IP theft litigation and investigations

  • Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 14 2011

The greatest threat to a company often comes from its own employees and contractors

FOIA trade secrets exemption unavailable for 75-year-old aircraft design

  • Husch Blackwell LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 8 2011

It's a common assumption in litigation under the Freedom of Information Act that trade secrets lose value with the passage of time

Multi-million dollar trade secret heist results in federal criminal plea

  • Epstein Becker Green
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • September 7 2010

In the latest example of a significant international trade secret theft resulting in a federal criminal prosecution, chemist David Yen Lee recently pleaded guilty in federal court in Chicago to "knowingly and without authorization" possessing one or more trade secrets of his former employer Valspar Corporation ("Valspar") with intent to convert them "to the economic benefit of someone other than the owner

Customer lists by another name social media and trade secrets - part 1

  • Fisher & Phillips LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 4 2013

Employers are well aware of the various implications that the social media explosion has on the workplace. The various issues created by Facebook

Discovery of information on personal devices still at issue in trade secret disputes

  • Fredrikson & Byron PA
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 24 2013

In trade secret litigation, we often seek to uncover whether a former employee has taken confidential trade secret information and stored it on a

Posting trade secrets

  • Fenwick & West LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • October 26 2011

In August, a district court in New Jersey issued a significant decision addressing the issue of whether, and under what circumstances, the posting of materials on the Internet destroys trade secret status

Dealings with vendors shouldn't expose trade secrets

  • Poyner Spruill LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • June 10 2011

Companies that spend significant amounts implementing computer systems to thwart hackers and creating policies to prevent employees from stealing trade secrets are all too willing to disclose such secrets to vendors

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