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Corporate Counsel

Corporate Bans of AI Tools Come With Their Own Risks

"You can ban it on company equipment but you can't ban it on other devices that employees might be using. It would be like banning email, or Google search, or a reticence to using the Google enterprise suite of products," said Nithya Das, former chief legal officer of Olo.
7 minute read

Daily Report Online

Relation Insurance Sues Ex-Employee for Allegedly Misappropriating Trade Secrets

This suit was surfaced by Law.com Radar. Read the complaint here.
1 minute read

Daily Report Online

Rescue Rooter Sues Kennon Heating and Air for Allegedly Misappropriating Trade Secrets

This suit was surfaced by Law.com Radar. Read the complaint here.
1 minute read

The American Lawyer

Fired Proskauer Rose COO Also Defrauded Firm, Deleted 'Hundreds' of Messages, New Filing Alleges

The firm sued Jonathan O'Brien in December, alleging that he stole trade secrets in preparation for a move to Paul Hastings. An amended complaint contends that he funneled firm money to a charity where he had ties and also to his wife, following a speaking engagement that was supposed to be unpaid.
8 minute read

Law.com

What Trade Secret? Recruiters Dispute Mass. Judge's Findings, $5M Enhanced Award in Favor of Plaintiff Company

"At trial BioPoint alleged theft of more than 50 different so-called trade secrets, including the names and resumes of third-party consultants that were publicly available on Linked-In. The verdict slip, which Catapult objected to, did not ask the jury to identify the trade secrets that they found to have been misappropriated. Thus, there is no way of knowing what the jury found was the 'trade secret' that was misappropriated," said Dana Zakarian, a partner at Smith Duggan Cornell & Gollub, who represents the defendants.
5 minute read

Litigation Daily

A Couple of Early Takeaways From Coke's Bid to Disqualify New Hires at Paul Hastings in SuperCooler Suit

Paul Hastings, which has represented The Coca-Cola Co. in a human rights matter since Spring 2021, recently hired a team of litigators from Cahill Gordon who represent SuperCooler Technologies, a company seeking more than $100 million in a trade secret and contract suit against Coke.
5 minute read

The Recorder

Steptoe Defends Solar Tech Company Complete Solaria in Trade Secrets Suit

This suit was surfaced by Law.com Radar. Read the complaint here.
1 minute read

Texas Lawyer

'Not a Single Penny': Segal McCambridge Beats Back $5.5M Claim Against Client

"Here, the plaintiff asked the jury for at least $5.5 million in damages and invoked the potential for significant attorney's fees and punitive damages on top of that. The jury awarded plaintiff nothing, not a single penny," said Mitchell Morinec.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Alphabet Stew: Phila.-Area Life Sciences Attorneys Share Concerns on Future Litigation

Local firms are preparing for an approaching wave of regulation and scrutiny by both federal and state governments. Pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) and the Modernization of Cosmetics Regulation Act of 2022 (MoCRA) are under the spotlight.
6 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Patents and Trade Secrets: A Dual Strategy for Protecting Innovations

By adopting some best practices, each innovation can be catalogued and protected as a bundle of trade secrets and patents based on what rights each protects, how rights are preserved and enforced, and how assets are monetized.
9 minute read

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