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Texas Attorney Prevails in Case Involving Noncompete Agreements

The Natera case is a great example of the ambiguity many companies face when developing appropriate policies and agreements regarding hiring and noncompete agreements, says John C.C. Sanders, a trial lawyer at Winston & Strawn.
6 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Judge Orders Attorney to Pay Arbitrator in Long-Running Kline & Specter Dispute

Donald Haviland had sought to vacate the arbitration award entered by retired Judge Mark Bernstein.
5 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Former Samsung In-House Leader Returns to Big Law

"It wasn't something I'd mapped out or planned. I had different ideas in terms of where my career path might take me," said Christopher Burrell, who worked for seven years at Samsung's legal department in Washington, D.C.
3 minute read

Texas Lawyer

'Petty and Unprofessional': Judge Threatens Sanctions in Legal Recruiter Trade Secrets Case

U.S. Magistrate Judge Andrew Austin wrote that the information at issue is "at best, marginally sensitive and is three years old," in a case brought by Texas legal recruiter Robert Kinney.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Use Zoom, Lose Trade Secrets. Yikes!

As the increased use of new technologies, such as Zoom, become more popular, the security challenges become more pressing. This article discusses the challenge of securing trade secrets in a remote, work-from home environment.
11 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

The House Always Wins—Except When It Loses Its Trade Secrets: Casinos Point to Litigation Trend

The case appears to bolster predictions of a coming boom in trade secret litigation in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has prompted more remote workers to use phones, laptops or thumb drives to carry home confidential information.
4 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Defamation Suit Against Kinney Recruiting Can Proceed in Hong Kong, 5th Circuit Rules

The appellate court vacated and remanded a Texas federal court antisuit injunction that the defamation suit, filed by a recruiter who used to work for Kinney. 
4 minute read

The Recorder

Welcome Published Guidance on Trade Secrets and Employee Mobility: Hooked Media Group v. Apple

At its core, Hooked Media makes clear what was previously subject to litigation: that an employee need not quit his or her current job before pursuing the next opportunity.
6 minute read

Litigation Daily

Litigators of the Week: The Latham Team That Whittled DOJ's 'China Initiative' Case Against UMC Down to a Single-Count Plea Deal

In a case where the DOJ was initially seeking a penalty of as much as $9 billion on charges of economic espionage and trade secret theft, Latham's Leslie Caldwell and Catherine Palmer negotiated a $60 million fine and a guilty plea to one count of receiving and possessing a stolen trade secret.
8 minute read

The Recorder

Facebook Loses Bid to Make Trade Secrets Claims All or Nothing

A federal judge has ruled that Massachusetts' Uniform Trade Secrets Act does not preclude an AI startup from bringing separate claims of unfair competition and tortious interference based on the same alleged misappropriation underlying its trade secret claims.
4 minute read

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