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Economic Espionage Act cases prompt challenges to service of a us criminal summons on non-US corporations

  • McDermott Will & Emery
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • June 12 2013

The Economic Espionage Act (EEA), a US criminal statute enacted in 1996, was, until recently, a relatively dormant law used primarily to prosecute

Persons deemed managing directors in fact in Germany have fiduciary duties under German law

  • McDermott Will & Emery
  • -
  • Germany
  • -
  • May 7 2013

Under German corporate law, the managing director of a GmbH (German limited liability company) has general fiduciary duties to the company. While

Don’t photograph the machines!

  • McDermott Will & Emery
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 29 2013

Speaking to the Economic Espionage Act, 18 U.S.C., the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit affirmed the convictions but reversed the

Brussels Court of Appeal rules that legal professional privilege applies to in-house counsel

  • McDermott Will & Emery
  • -
  • Belgium
  • -
  • March 19 2013

On 5 March 2013, the Brussels Court of Appeal delivered a judgment finding that, under Belgian law, in-house counsel are covered by legal

Pleading unjust enrichment does not support a claim for the underlying trade secret misappropriation

  • McDermott Will & Emery
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • December 27 2012

Affirming dismissal of an unjust enrichment claim, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit upheld a summary judgment for the defendant concluding

CJEU maintains prohibition on representation by in-house lawyers before the European courts

  • McDermott Will & Emery
  • -
  • European Union
  • -
  • November 7 2012

In joined cases C-42211 P and C-42311 P, Prezes Urzędu Komunikacji Elektronicznej v Commission, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has affirmed its previous view that inhouse lawyers are not entitled to represent their employers before the European courts

The risks of creating guarantees electronically

  • McDermott Will & Emery
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • September 4 2012

The principle of freedom to contract, as a result of which parties are entitled to form contracts without the need for the terms to be written down, is fundamental to English law

Trade secret misappropriations accusations are not proof of a habit

  • McDermott Will & Emery
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • August 30 2012

Finding that evidence of a prior accusation of trade secret theft was more prejudicial than probative, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit excluded, from a criminal trial, evidence of prior accusations of trade secret theft against two engineers

Let the jury decide trade secret misappropriation claim

  • McDermott Will & Emery
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • August 30 2012

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, in reinstating trade misappropriation claims regarding infrared imaging technology, concluded that, in granting summary judgment and dismissing the trade secret misappropriation claims as time-barred, the district court erred by improperly resolving issues of material fact and drawing inferences in favor of the moving party

Court of Justice of the European Union considers whether unfair terms and practices invalidate agreements

  • McDermott Will & Emery
  • -
  • European Union
  • -
  • June 7 2012

In Jana Perenicova and another v SOS financ spol. s.r.o. (CJEU) (C-45310), the Court of Justice of the European Union has considered whether a contract is invalidated if it contains unfair terms or was obtained by unfair commercial practices