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Two manufacturers’ grants of exclusive dealerships to home depot held not enough to allege illegal agreement

  • Gray Plant Mooty
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 23 2013

A federal district court in California this month dismissed claims by a smaller hardware store chain against Home Depot and two manufacturers of

Mobile game rivals clash in California trade secret and unfair competition suit

  • Seyfarth Shaw LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • November 15 2012

The litigation between Kixeye and Zynga, two rivals in the mobile gaming market, has heated up over the past week

Seventh Circuit dismisses unusual derivative action challenging interlocking directorate

  • Greenberg Traurig LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • August 29 2012

On June 13, 2012, a Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals Panel slapped down a derivative action against Sears Holding Corporation ("Sears") alleging a violation of Section 8 of the Clayton Act, which prohibits interlocking directorates

Covenant against competition in consultant agreement does not violate Sherman Act

  • Gray Plant Mooty
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • July 12 2012

Mary Kay sued a former national sales director (the next level up from a Mary Kay consultant) for enforcement of a contractual covenant against competition

Judge Easterbrook on Section 8 director interlocks and antitrust injury

  • Jones Day
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • June 28 2012

Although Section 8 of the Clayton Act, 15 U.S.C. 19, which prohibits competing corporations from sharing directors or officers, is an important concern for the business community, the statute has received surprisingly little attention from government enforcers or judicial opinions in recent years

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

Keep your pot of gold hidden, Ohio court rules information posted online not trade secret

  • Seyfarth Shaw LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 16 2012

St. Patrick’s Day calls to mind the traditional Irish folklore of leprechauns and their hidden pots of gold

DC Circuit reaffirms judicial deference to an administrative agency’s subpoena

  • Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 20 2012

In a recent opinion, the DC Circuit re-affirmed the high hurdle a target of an agency subpoena must jump in order to limit or quash the subpoena

Embezzlement & misappropriation of trade secrets lawsuits more prevalent

  • Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 14 2012

A Houston law firm recently filed for a TRO against its former office manager for embezzlement, misappropriation of trade secrets, confidential and privileged information, unfair competition, and breach of fiduciary duty

Thayil v. Fox Broadcasting

  • Loeb & Loeb LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 8 2012

District court dismisses plaintiff’s complaint accusing producers of American Idol and other reality competition shows of stealing his ideas and infringing his copyrights, holding that the allegedly stolen elements were not copyrightable, and that plaintiff’s conclusory allegations did not suffice to state a claim

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