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'Insulet v. EOFlow': Revisiting Standard for Preliminary Injunctions in Trade Secret Misappropriation Cases

Trade secret cases present an intrinsic conflict between the open court principle and the confidential nature of trade secrets. Plaintiffs are often unwilling to identify and define their trade secrets with particularity, even under protective orders.
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The Recorder

'Get Out of Jail' for NorCal Trade Secret Violators Who Blow the Whistle

"The new WPP is likely to increase the reporting of corporate criminal conduct by individuals involved in intellectual property theft," writes retired Superior Court Judge Peter Kirwan.
8 minute read

The Recorder

Gibson Dunn Secures Defense Win for HSBC in 'Trade Secrets' Lawsuit

In an order released Tuesday in the California Northern District Court, Magistrate Judge Laurel Beeler dismissed most of the claims made against London-based HSBC Holdings, HSBC entities HSBC USA (HUSI) and HSBC UK (HBUK), current HBUK employee and former SVB senior executive David Sabow and six former SVB employees.
4 minute read

The Recorder

DirecTV Files Countersuit Over Trade Secrets Dispute With Synamedia

DirecTV, represented by Baker & Hostetler, filed the complaint Wednesday in the U.S. District Court of the Central District of California, Western Division in Los Angeles. The suit followed a June 12 complaint filed by Jenner & Block on behalf of Synamedia that alleges DirecTV is attempting to break its decades-old business relationship in order to use Synamedia's proprietary technology without paying license and service fees.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Protecting Confidential Information and Trade Secrets Amid Layoffs and Weakened Non-competes

If non-compete agreements are officially banned and businesses are looking to avoid bureaucratic hurdles that come with patents, Joe Barber and Scott Frost discuss how companies can protect their trade secrets.
9 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Connecticut Supreme Court Identifies Misappropriation of Trade Secrets, Clarifies Noncompete Enforceability

"Under Roessler, a promise of indefinite, continued employment for an at-will employee in exchange for the employee's promise not to compete constitutes adequate consideration to form an enforceable agreement," the opinion said. "We conclude, therefore, that the trial court incorrectly determined that continued employment can never be consideration for a noncompete agreement."
6 minute read

The Recorder

Wilmer Client Roche Molecular Accuses Stanford Cancer Researchers of Stealing Trade Secrets

The complaint, filed Monday in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, San Jose Division, alleges the scientists wrongly used Roche's proprietary cancer-detection technology and "secretly co-founded Foresight at the same time they were serving as consultants and contractors for Roche."
4 minute read

Legaltech News

Martin Shkreli Slapped With Trade Secret Misappropriation Lawsuit for Livestreaming Wu-Tang's 'Once Upon a Time in Shaolin' Album

The infamous 'Pharma Bro' was forced to forfeit the only copy of the album upon his 2017 conviction, but retained digital copies, which he later publicly disseminated, allegedly diminishing the value of the album for its new owners, PleasrDAO.
8 minute read

The Recorder

Pillsbury Defends UC Regents in Trade-Secrets Case From Agensys, Jones Day

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.
3 minute read

Law.com

Holwell Shuster & Goldberg Partners Secure $81 Million Verdict Against Boeing in Trade Secret Dispute

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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