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Customer list not secret enough

  • Sherman & Howard LLC
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 9 2013

An employer was unable to protect the confidentiality of its customer list, because it failed to present any evidence that the list was worthy of

Fallout from Nosal verdict

  • Epstein Becker Green
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 9 2013

Practitioners in the area of trade secret protection and employee mobility law are still trying to sort out the impact of a federal court jury

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

Oregon workers' compensation law does not shield employer LLC's managing member from negligence claim by injured worker

  • Stoel Rives LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • May 1 2012

The Oregon Court of Appeals recently held that the exclusive remedy provision of Oregon’s workers’ compensation law does not shield an employer LLC’s managing member from a negligence claim by the LLC’s injured worker

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

Terminating sales reps traps for the unwary

  • Dorsey & Whitney LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • August 15 2011

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California court provides important reminders regarding the enforceability of non-compete covenants in M&A transactions and employment agreements under California law

  • Hogan Lovells
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • September 6 2012

The California Court of Appeal (Fourth Appellate District) recently addressed the enforceability of non-compete covenants in the context of purchase and employment agreements in Fillpoint, LLC v. Michael Maas et al., __ Cal. Rptr. 3d __, 2012 WL 3631266 (Cal. Ct. App. Aug. 24, 2012

California federal court recently invokes "trade secret" exception to California's anti-noncompete statute to effectively blue pencil noncompete agreement

  • Seyfarth Shaw LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • 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

Federal courts address question of employer-employee ownership of business-related social media accounts

  • Fenwick & West LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • June 5 2012

The question of whether an employer is entitled to trade secret protection over social media accounts used for business purposes is unfolding in several well-publicized cases currently pending in federal courts throughout the country

Court finds Texas company stole trade secrets after hiring employee from competitor

  • Littler Mendelson
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 30 2012

In late May, after a three-week trial, a Houston federal court jury ruled M3 Technology, Inc. had misappropriated trade secrets from innovative engineering software provider AspenTechnology, Inc., infringed copyrights, and illicitly interfered with AspenTech’s non-compete agreement with a former employee, an expert on refinery efficiency and head of AspenTech’s R&D Division