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By Michelle Morgante | July 1, 2024
The suit filed by Jones Day contends researcher Norbert Peekhaus violated his employment agreement with Agensys Inc. by disclosing trade secrets stemming from his work at the company. Peekhaus later worked for the University of California Regents, who are represented by Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman.
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By Cedra Mayfield | Patrick Smith | June 28, 2024
In this week's Legal Speak episode, Holwell Shuster & Goldberg attorneys Scott Danner and Vincent Levy open up about their prevailing trial strategy that helped plaintiffs counsel secure an $81.3 million jury verdict in Washington on behalf of aircraft startup Zunum Aero Inc. in an underlying trade secret dispute with aerospace giant Boeing.
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By Kat Black | June 17, 2024
The EV giant's complaint, filed by its in-house counsel and Fish & Richardson on June 14 in the Northern District of California, accuses Matthews of flouting several nondisclosure agreements, filing patents that co-opt Tesla's trade secrets and leaking confidential information to Tesla's rivals.
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By Hannah Elizabeth Jarrells and Edward D. Lanquist | June 11, 2024
The protection of trade secrets has long been understood to be a legitimate business interest, and, traditionally, companies have used non-competition clauses to protect their trade secrets. Now, with non-competition agreements in doubt and facing greater scrutiny, companies will need to rely on other protection mechanisms.
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By Adolfo Pesquera | June 11, 2024
Munsch Hardt was able to rebut the allegations because Michaels could show it was developing its own paint-by-numbers product months before it met with the plaintiffs, shareholder Jamil N. Alibhai said.
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By Emily Cousins | June 7, 2024
In the complaint, the plaintiff alleged that the individual defendants "secretly conspired" with American Piping Inspection by soliciting the plaintiff's employees and clients, took Acuren's property and confidential information, and "disparaged and undermined" the plaintiff's business connections.
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By Kat Black | May 28, 2024
Access Optical Networks has accused Seagate of stealing confidential information to advance the research and development of its own next-generation mass data storage technology.
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By Mason Lawlor | May 20, 2024
"If this clause is enforced, Boeing will be exonerated for 99% of the claims under MUTSA," plaintiff counsel against Boeing Laurie Webb Daniel argued to the Eleventh Circuit on Tuesday. "If that's not exculpatory or exoneration, I don't know what is."
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By Adolfo Pesquera | May 7, 2024
After more than a year and a half of litigation, CAP Barbell abandoned the lawsuit completely on April 29, 2024, filing a motion to dismiss all claims, Porter Hedges said.
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By Aleeza Furman | May 6, 2024
The plaintiff alleged in its $849 million suit that its former employees stole trade secrets and set up competing drug companies.
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