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Corporate recruiter convicted of computer fraud and trade secret theft by San Francisco jury

  • Seyfarth Shaw LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 29 2013

A California federal jury convicted a San Francisco executive recruiter this week for violations of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act ("CFAA") and

Retail detail: retailer fights back against serial plaintiffs alleging accessibility discrimination

  • Seyfarth Shaw LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 2 2013

Eddie Bauer LLC, a national retailer, recently fought back against frivolous "accessibility discrimination" lawsuits that serial plaintiffs brought

Duties of directors of Delaware corporations with overseas assets or operations

  • Seyfarth Shaw LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 27 2013

Chancellor Strine of the Delaware Chancery Court issued a bench ruling on February 6, 2013 in the case of In re Puda Coal, Inc. Stockholders

California federal court allows non-signatory to arbitration agreement to compel arbitration in trade secrets dispute

  • Seyfarth Shaw LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 25 2013

A federal district court in the Northern District of California recently found that a non-signatory to an arbitration agreement may enforce that

The California Supreme Court holds that the Song-Beverly Credit Card Act does not prohibit retailers from obtaining and recording personal identification information in online transactionsfor purchase of downloadable products

  • Seyfarth Shaw LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 4 2013

In its second major decision in two years involving the Song-Beverly Credit Card Act - which prohibits retailers from obtaining and recording

Ninth circuit overturns $172 million trade secrets award in rival toy makers’ epic dispute

  • Seyfarth Shaw LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 25 2013

After more than eight years of litigation and two jury trials over the Bratz doll line, rival toy makers Mattel, Inc. and MGA Entertainment, Inc. may

Are your corporate communications protected by the attorney-client privilege? Cases in 2012 remind us that the privilege for in-house counsel is narrowly applied by courts

  • Seyfarth Shaw LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 7 2013

Several cases decided within the last year serve as a stark reminder that the attorney-client privilege for in-house counsel is closely scrutinized and

President Obama signs Trade Secrets Clarification Act and House of Representatives considers enhancing Economic Espionage Act penalties

  • Seyfarth Shaw LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • December 31 2012

On December 28, 2012, President Obama signed into law the Trade Secrets Clarification Act to ensure that the Economic Espionage Act will cover trade

Tidings of data theft and coal: California Federal Court holds that trade secret misappropriation statute preempts claim for misappropriation of confidential non-trade secret data

  • Seyfarth Shaw LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • December 24 2012

There was only coal delivered for California employers in a recent California federal decision in which the Court refused to permit a plaintiff to proceed

Cal. Supreme Court says prevailing defendants are entitled to attorneys’ fees in Disabled Persons Act injunctive relief cases

  • Seyfarth Shaw LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • December 19 2012

Plaintiffs suing businesses in California for alleged disability access violations usually assert claims under a number of statutes, including the Disabled Persons Act (DPA) (Cal. Civil Code 54 et seq.) and the Unruh Civil Rights Act (Cal. Civil Code 51 et seq.), as well as the federal Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA