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Missouri Federal Court finds violations of employment agreement may constitute unlawful access under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act
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- February 6 2013
A recent Missouri federal court opinion describes an almost unbelievable scenario. Employees signed well-drafted employment agreements &mdash
Breach of contract claim may succeed where a misappropriation claim fails
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- September 28 2009
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit recently held that a former employer’s price quotations to prospective customers were not trade secrets under Oklahoma law because they did not contain a confidentiality provision, but the former employee who took advantage of those quotations on behalf of his new employer did violate his non-compete covenant
Illinois Appellate Court says legitimate business interest not necessary to enforce a covenant not to compete
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- October 5 2009
In a landmark decision just issued, the Illinois Appellate Court, Fourth District, ruled that an ex-employer seeking to enforce a covenant not to compete against former sales personnel need only show that the time and territory restrictions are reasonable and need not prove, in addition, that there is a sufficient legitimate business interest in enforcement
First Circuit court of appeals liberally construes personal jurisdiction, leading to 1.16 million dollar verdict
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- January 4 2010
Can a California corporation with virtually no ties to Rhode Island nonetheless be sued in Rhode Island federal court for misappropriation of a Rhode Island company’s trade secrets because the California corporation lured away a Florida employee who had a confidentiality agreement with the Rhode Island company?
Employer fires CEO and then obtains TRO enjoining him from breaching his non-disclosure, non-compete agreement
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- December 21 2010
Dakota Beef, a South Dakota processor and seller of organic beef products, hired Scott Lively in 2006 to be its CEO
Attorneys' fees assessed for failed effort to enforce an overbroad non-compete clause
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- USA
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- June 23 2010
Kenyon International Emergency Services will pay a heavy price for seeking to enjoin eight former employees and their new employers from violating non-compete and non-solicitation restrictions found to be unreasonable
The Eleventh Circuit splits with the Ninth Circuit in interpreting the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act
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- January 7 2011
The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals' December 27, 2010 decision in U.S. v. Rodriguez, Appeal No. 09-15265, -- F.3d --, 2010 WL 5253231 (11th Cir. Dec. 27, 2010) may mark a significant split among the federal appellate circuits over the meaning of the phrases “without authorization” and “exceeds authorized access” under the federal Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, 18 U.S.C. 1030 et seq. (“CFAA”
Delaware court enjoins use of ex-employers trade secrets
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- USA
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- April 16 2011
Delaware Court of Chancery Vice Chancellor J. Travis Laster, faced with an unreasonable non-competenon-solicitation agreement, indicated that he would have preferred to hold it invalid but said that he had no choice other than to modify its terms because its Maryland choice-of-law provision requires judicial “blue penciling.”
Jury must decide whether a manufacturing process that is disclosed in an expired patent and is not concealed from visitors to the plant constitutes a trade secret
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- February 21 2011
When a defendant, sued by a former employer for misappropriating a manufacturing process that allegedly constituted a trade secret, denies that the process is confidential and files a counterclaim alleging that the plaintiff is engaged in sham litigation in order to stifle competition, is it appropriate for the court to instruct the jury that the evidence shows plaintiff does not have a valid trade secret?
Indiana court upholds a covenant not to solicit recent customers, but prohibitions against contact or accepting referrals with such customers are stricken
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- May 4 2011
A recent Indiana Court of
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