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UK trade secrets law ex-employee bites back in mosquito net case

  • Greenberg Traurig LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • June 17 2013

The UK Supreme Court has upheld the Court of Appeal's earlier decision that an employee of one of the defendants was not liable for misuse of the

Executive does the right thing - and gets screwed for it!

  • Winston & Strawn LLP
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  • USA
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  • June 14 2013

A case decided last month in federal court in North Carolina, Yarber v. Capital Bank Corporation, involved a factual situation that many private

Third Circuit adopts and expands “employee” test for Title VII cases

  • Day Pitney LLP
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  • USA
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  • May 21 2013

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit recently adopted a six-factor test to determine whether a shareholder-director of a company could be

The “new” Corporate Manslaughter Act - five years since introduction

  • Kennedys Law LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • May 10 2013

July last year saw conviction and sentencing in only the third successful corporate manslaughter prosecution since the Corporate Manslaughter and

Fallout from Nosal verdict

  • Epstein Becker Green
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  • 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

Customer list not secret enough

  • Sherman & Howard LLC
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  • 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

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

  • Seyfarth Shaw LLP
  • -
  • USA
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  • 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

Unprecedented fine for criminal negligence: Court of Appeal reserves judgment in Metron sentence appeal

  • Heenan Blaikie LLP
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  • Canada
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  • April 24 2013

As regular readers will know, Metron Construction Corporation became the first corporation in Ontario to be convicted under the Criminal Code, as

Court confirms director's liability for unpaid wages

  • Heenan Blaikie LLP
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  • Canada
  • -
  • April 17 2013

The Federal Court has confirmed the importance of timely and effective resignations by directors, and of retaining evidence of when this was tendered

Employment agreement tip of the week No. 1: get it in writing

  • Zuckerman Spaeder LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 3 2013

Whether you're an executive or a hiring manager, here's a tip: if you think you have an employment agreement, or if you want to have an employment