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Customer list not secret enough

Sherman & Howard LLC
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USA
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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

Employers beware: Fourth Circuit adopts narrow interpretation of Computer Fraud and Abuse Act

Seyfarth Shaw LLP
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USA
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August 6 2012

On July 26, 2012, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals decided WEC Carolina Energy Solutions LLC v. Miller, holding that departing employees are not liable under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (“CFAA”) for mere violations of a company computer use policy

Virginia Supreme Court overturns multi-million dollar "goodwill" damages award in trade secrets conspiracy case

Epstein Becker Green
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USA
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June 13 2012

One of the most elusive forms of damage that a company may suffer when its trade secrets are misappropriated or its former employees breach their post-employment restrictive covenants is the loss of goodwill

Michigan Federal Court limits use of Computer Fraud and Abuse Act to prosecute disloyal employee

Littler Mendelson
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USA
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June 12 2012

The Computer Fraud and Abuse Act prohibits (among other things) an employee from accessing an employer’s computers “without authorization” or in a manner that “exceeds authorized access.”

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

Fenwick & West LLP
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USA
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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

Recent developments for the fourth quarter 2011

Baker & McKenzie
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Canada, China, Denmark, European Union, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Switzerland, United Kingdom, USA
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March 15 2012

The end of the year and beginning of a new year is always a busy time for us, as it is for most of our clients

Colorado Federal Court rules that former employer stated a claim against former executive and his new employer under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act regardless of differing circuit interpretations of the act

Seyfarth Shaw LLP
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USA
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March 9 2012

In its order denying defendants’ motion to dismiss in SBM Site Services, LLC v. Garrett, et al., Case No. 10-cv-00385, a Colorado federal court identified a circuit split over the interpretation of “unauthorized access” under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act and then found a former employer had stated a CFAA claim against a former executive and his new employer regardless of the different circuit interpretations based upon his post-termination computer activities

Pennsylvania Federal Court salvages customer lists as basis for UTSA claim, but shreds liquidated damages provision and rejects fiduciary claim

Seyfarth Shaw LLP
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USA
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February 3 2012

In the most recent ruling in long-running litigation styled AMG National Trust Bank v. Ries, NO. 06-CV4337, 09-cv-3061 (E.D. Pa.) (decided Dec. 29, 2011), the Eastern District of Pennsylvania partially granted the defendant Stephen Ries’s motion for summary judgment, jettisoning the plaintiff’s breach of fiduciary duty claims and plaintiff’s request for liquidated damages, but permitting the case to proceed for alleged breach of a restrictive covenant in his employment agreement

Non-competition v. unfair competition in California

Foley & Lardner LLP
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USA
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July 29 2011

We all know that California does not permit enforcement of non-compete agreements

Ninth Circuit reverses course on Computer Fraud & Abuse Act

Fisher & Phillips LLP
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USA
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May 16 2011

More often than not when a management law firm informs its clients of recent case developments, the news is not good

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Customer list not secret enough

Employers beware: Fourth Circuit adopts narrow interpretation of Computer Fraud and Abuse Act

Virginia Supreme Court overturns multi-million dollar "goodwill" damages award in trade secrets conspiracy case

Michigan Federal Court limits use of Computer Fraud and Abuse Act to prosecute disloyal employee

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

Recent developments for the fourth quarter 2011

Colorado Federal Court rules that former employer stated a claim against former executive and his new employer under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act regardless of differing circuit interpretations of the act

Pennsylvania Federal Court salvages customer lists as basis for UTSA claim, but shreds liquidated damages provision and rejects fiduciary claim

Non-competition v. unfair competition in California

Ninth Circuit reverses course on Computer Fraud & Abuse Act

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