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The recent decision of the Court of Appeal in Generics (UK) Ltd v Yeda Research & Development Co Ltd, gives rise to important issues for in-house legal professionals to consider when they are seeking to take employment with a rival to their present employer, especially when there is ongoing or imminent litigation between the two competitors
In MediaCAT v Adam et al, His Honour Judge Birss considered the appropriateness of the Norwich Pharmacal Order and when it should be used, as he noted that there is a potential difficulty with the Norwich Pharmacal process: In short the judge was concerned about the lack of safeguards on the use of information obtained under these orders
