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Secrets Exposed: Trade Secrets, Trust, and a Multi-Million Dollar Lesson | Seyfarth Shaw
At the beginning of the pandemic, concerns were raised that trade secret misappropriation might take a new form. Indeed, with large swaths of the workforce working from home, spouses, roommates, or others living in the same area had an increased
DC Circuit Holds Contractual Clause Directing Non-Disparagement Implies Employer Itself Cannot Disparage | Seyfarth Shaw
The DC Circuit recently held that a “Mutual Non-Disparagement” clause requiring an employer to “direct” its employees not to disparage a former employee could reasonably be interpreted as prohibiting the employer itself from making disparaging statements.
in Wright v. Eugene
Not All Documents Labeled Confidential Actually Are: Texas Jury Finds $23M Trade Secret Case Was Brought in Bad Faith | Seyfarth Shaw
On May 31, 2023, a Harris County Texas District Court jury found a telecom company acted in bad faith by filing a $23 million trade secret misappropriation lawsuit against a rival where the underlying technology was found to not actually
New York State Senate Passes Bill to Ban Noncompete Agreements
New York State may soon join the growing list of restricting jurisdictions or banning noncompete agreements. On June 7, 2023 the New York State Senate passed S 3100A (the “Bill”), which would prohibit employers from seeking, requiring, demanding, or accepting …
10,000 Lakes and . . . No Noncompetitive? Minnesota Passes Law Banning Non-Competes Effective July 1, 2023
As expected, on May 24, 2023, Governor Tim Walz signed a new law banning noncompete agreement in Minnesota. The ban will be effective for such agreements entered on or after July 1, 2023.
By enacting the Omnibus Jobs, Economic Development, …
Spilling Secrets to AI: Does Chatting with ChatGPT Unleash Trade Secrets or Invention Disclosure Dilemmas? | Seyfarth Shaw
This article was originally published on Seyfarth’s Gadgets, Gigabytes & Goodwill blog.
If there is anything movies like The Terminator have shown us, it’s that AI systems might one day become self-aware and wreak havoc. But until Skynet becomes self-aware,
Spilling Secrets Podcast: Inside the Most Famous Trade Secrets Case of All Time
Now on Spilling Secrets, our podcast series on the future of non-compete and trade secret law:
The inevitable disclosure doctrine, expected to be a widely used tool to protect trade secrets after the famous PepsiCo, Inc. v. Redmond case in …
NATIONALLY RANKED ROSEN LAW FIRM Encourages Vertex Energy, Inc. Investors to Secure Counsel Before Important Deadline in Securities Class Action
Published: Mar. 8, 2023 at 7:15 PM CST|Updated: 7 hours ago
NEW YORK, March 8, 2023 /PRNewswire/ —
WHY: Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, announced