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Rambo challenges California Court of Appeal decision regarding the sufficiency of trade secret identification statement for pudding product

Seyfarth Shaw LLP
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USA
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May 26 2009

Attorneys for Sylvester Stallone and another named cross-defendant recently filed a petition for review with the California Supreme Court challenging a significant published California Court of Appeal decision (Brescia v. Angelin, 172 Cal.App.4th 133 (March 17, 2009)) regarding the sufficiency of a trade secret identification statement

Federal court sends franchisee-franchisor trade secret and breach of contract dispute to arbitration

Seyfarth Shaw LLP
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USA
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September 15 2009

In a battle of competing noodle franchises, a federal district court in Arizona recently granted a franchisee’s motion to compel arbitration in a trade secret and breach of contract dispute with its franchisor

Rambo's petition for review of appellate ruling concerning trade secret identification statement denied by California Supreme Court

Seyfarth Shaw LLP
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USA
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September 14 2009

As mentioned in a previous blog entry, the California Court of Appeal issued a significant trade secret decision earlier this year providing additional clarification concerning the trade secret identification disclosures which a party pursuing claims for trade secret misappropriation must make before commencing civil discovery in California state court

Alleged cyberbully acquitted of charges for violation of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act

Seyfarth Shaw LLP
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USA
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September 18 2009

A highly publicized cyberbullying case recently came to an apparent end with the acquittal of a Missouri woman who was accused of violating the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act ("CFAA"

New California Supreme Court decision will make it more difficult to enforce integrated written contracts

Seyfarth Shaw LLP
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USA
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January 28 2013

A recent decision by the California Supreme Court will make it more difficult for parties to enforce integrated written contracts where allegations

Nevada Supreme Court rules that restrictive employment agreements acquired through mergers are not subject to Nevada's strict assignment rule

Seyfarth Shaw LLP
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USA
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July 2 2009

In a decision that encourages cost efficient corporate mergers in Nevada, the Nevada Supreme Court in HD Supply Facilities Maintenance v. Bymoan, 2009 WL 1635924 (June 11, 2009) recently ruled in an en banc decision that restrictive employment agreements acquired through corporate mergers do not require a showing that the agreements’ assignment provisions were negotiated at arm’s length or are supported by separate consideration

Federal district court grants motion to stay in non-compete matter

Seyfarth Shaw LLP
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USA
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August 11 2009

A federal district court in Oregon recently granted a motion to stay in a dual-state non-compete matter based on the first-to-file rule, even though the two cases were filed only a few hours apart

The Federal Computer Fraud and Abuse Act is back in play for employer suits against dishonest employees in the Ninth Circuit

Seyfarth Shaw LLP
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USA
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May 2 2011

On April 28, 2011, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held in an important decision upholding legal protections for employer data that employees may be held liable under the federal Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (18 U.S.C. 1030 et seq.) in cases where employees steal or remove electronic files or data in violation of their employers' written computer-use restrictions

Fitness companies spar over unauthorized access of departing employee's personal e-mail accounts

Seyfarth Shaw LLP
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USA
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January 25 2011

Wrongfully accessing someone's personal email account may cost you $1,000 per unauthorized access, even if that person suffers no injury or loss

Private information stored on electronic devices subject to search by law enforcement if arrested in California

Seyfarth Shaw LLP
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USA
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March 16 2011

Police officers are free to review private and confidential information stored on your cell phone if the search is incident to an arrest in California

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