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Contractual clause requiring return of confidential information at termination helps former employer obtain injunction on misappropriation claim
- Epstein Becker Green
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- USA
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- January 3 2013
Trade secret misappropriation cases turn on details. Accordingly, it is always interesting to see the particular details which tilt a court's decision one
Federal court in Chicago refuses to issue injunction based upon either an "inevitable disclosure" claim or a 24-month non-compete with an "extremely broad" geographic scope
- Epstein Becker Green
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- USA
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- January 10 2012
A federal judge in Chicago recently refused to issue an injunction based upon either the “inevitable disclosure” of trade secrets doctrine or a geographically broad, 24-month non-compete that did not have a narrowly drawn activity restriction
The "authorized access" issue under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act
- Epstein Becker Green
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- USA
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- June 2 2010
Earlier this year, Aon Risk Services Northeast Inc. (“Aon”) brought suit in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York against Marsh USA Inc., Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. (together, “Marsh”), and three former employees
Minimizing the risk that a new hire will lead to trade secret litigation: some simple preventive steps
- Epstein Becker Green
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- USA
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- July 20 2010
When hiring new employees, you can minimize the risk of inadvertently becoming embroiled in trade secret litigation by taking a few simple steps
How conducting exit interviews can help protect your trade secrets
- Epstein Becker Green
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- USA
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- July 20 2010
HR professionals will tell you that an exit interview is a valuable tool for learning what a company is and is not doing well; what they may not tell you is that exit interviews are also an important tool for managing the risks of the electronic workplace
Erroneous jury instructions cause Kansas Supreme Court to reverse jury verdict in trade secretrestrictive covenant case
- Epstein Becker Green
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- USA
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- November 22 2011
The Supreme Court of Kansas recently issued an opinion in Wolfe Electric, Inc. v. Duckworth and Global Cooking Systems, LLC, No. 99,536 (Ka. Oct. 21, 2011), a trade secret misappropriation and restrictive covenant case brought by a manufacturer of conveyor pizza ovens, Wolfe Electric, against its former president, Duckworth, and his new conveyor pizza oven company, Global Cooking Systems
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- Author - Peter A. Steinmeyer