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The Recorder

'The Same, But Different': Learning to Litigate During a Public Health Crisis

Across the Bay Area, litigators who represent some of Silicon Valley's top companies report they are adjusting to litigating remotely, juggling family and work, and grappling with all the uncertainty caused by the coronavirus. But challenges remain.
8 minute read

Texas Lawyer

What Intellectual Property Protection Is Necessary for Ghost Kitchens?

As a new form of enterprise, ghost kitchens require thought and novel strategies in developing associated intellectual property protection, rather than canned strategies previously employed for analogs such as conventional restaurants, says Dan Venglarik, a partner in the technology/intellectual property law group at Munck Wilson Mandala.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

COVID-19 and Congressional Trading on Nonpublic Information

With recent headlines focused on allegations of insider trading in the Senate, Eric Creizman analyzes insider trading law with respect to the senators' stock sales and discusses the challenges prosecutors might have in proving certain elements of an insider trading offense.
12 minute read

National Law Journal

How Trade Secrets Feud Put EV Battery Maker's US Manufacturing Plans at Risk

"Default is the only appropriate remedy here," ITC Administrative Law Judge Cameron Elliot concluded after reviewing SK Innovation's spoliation of evidence in a trade secrets action.
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

New York Court Provides Guidance to Practitioners Challenging Trade Secret Ownership Under the DTSA

Since the Supreme Court decision in 'Lexmark', courts across the country have been finding that challenges to the right to sue under federal statutes should be brought as motions under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6) and not 12(b)(1). The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York has now clarified that the 'Lexmark' holding applies equally to the Defend Trade Secrets Act.
7 minute read

The Recorder

Engineer at the Heart of 'Waymo v. Uber' Pleads Guilty to Trade Secret Theft

Anthony Levandowski, a pivotal though silent player in the civil dispute between Google's Waymo subsidiary and Uber, admitted downloading at least 20 files from his Google Drive, including an internal tracking document with details of Google's self-driving car program.
3 minute read

Daily Business Review

Airbnb, Miami Natiivo Developer End Lawsuits, Minimize Partnership

The two settled lawsuits against each other and won't be partnering on the Natiivo Miami condominium project.
4 minute read

Litigation Daily

Daily Dicta: When Non-Competes Are Non-Starters

Lawyers are lucky. They're generally not subject to non-compete agreements, thanks to the American Bar Association's model rules on professional conduct. But for the rest of the working world, it's a different story.
5 minute read

Pro Mid Market

Who Got the Work: Trade Secret Theft Claims and a Struggling Museum

Davis Graham is defending an IV therapy company against claims that it stole trade secrets from a competitor, Dilworth Paxson is advising the National Museum of American Jewish History as it files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, and other work from midsize firms.
2 minute read

Litigation Daily

Litigators of the Week: Kirkland Trio Send a $765M Message in Tech Theft Case

"We asked, what kind of a world would this be if a big company could sidestep responsibility by simply saying, 'That was them, not us.' This was a significant message to all other companies considering this type of excuse for bad conduct. "
12 minute read

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