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California appellate court rules that five-year employee noncompete agreement of unlimited geographic reach is enforceable as a sanction against reticent defendant
- Seyfarth Shaw LLP
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- USA
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- July 20 2011
In a recent decision, a California Second District Appellate Court upheld a trial court “issue sanction,” which effectively enforced, albeit temporarily, a five-year, unlimited geographic scope employee noncompete agreement against the defendant former employee
California federal court recently invokes "trade secret" exception to California's anti-noncompete statute to effectively blue pencil noncompete agreement
- Seyfarth Shaw LLP
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- USA
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- July 14 2011
In a recent decision involving whether a former employer could obtain a temporary restraining order under its broad non-competition agreement with its former employees and former software development company, the federal court in Richmond Technologies, Inc. v. Aumtech Business Solutions, No. 11CV02460LHK, 2011 WL 2607158 (N.D.Cal. July 1, 2011) granted plaintiff’s request and enjoined defendants from competing with plaintiff while using its proprietary information
The Eleventh Circuit splits with the Ninth Circuit in interpreting the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act
- Seyfarth Shaw LLP
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- USA
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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”
