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Delaware Business Court Insider

Laster Tosses Trade Secrets Suit Against Investors Who Took Stake in Competitor

The Delaware Court of Chancery has dismissed a suit filed by a home security company that accused a private equity firm of stealing trade secrets through its investment in a competitor.
1 minute read

Corporate Counsel

What You Need to Know About the European Trade Secrets Directive

Companies doing business in Europe or with European entities should understand the new protections afforded trade secrets in Europe, as well as which countries are in compliance and which have not yet made the necessary changes.
6 minute read

International Edition

Indonesia's Assegaf Hamzah & Partners Acquires IP Boutique

One of Indonesia's largest firms is expanding its intellectual property practice. Indonesia still ranks low on the international IP index but it has been building a more effective foundation for IP policy.
2 minute read

Corporate Counsel

New Data on Trade Secrets Cases Can Point the Way for General Counsel

Claimants, primarily companies, won about 71 percent of trade secret cases, and a majority of the defendants are former employees, according to new research from legal analytics research company Lex Machina.
3 minute read

Daily Business Review

Airline Broker Prevails on Claim of Trade Secrets Theft

A jury issues more than $133,000 in damages for the theft of a client list from a company that sells flights on private jets.
1 minute read

Daily Business Review

Legal Rights in Sugar Valley: Cuban Software Copyrights

Americans who have traveled to Cuba, have seen a beautiful country with crumbling buildings, unreliable electrical power and hard-to-access internet.
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

Recoverable Damages in Trade Secret and Unfair Competition Claims

Complex Litigation columnist Michael Hoenig writes: On May 3, New York's highest court issued a decision clarifying the state's common law on the extent of damages recoverable in cases asserting claims of misappropriated trade secrets, unfair competition and unjust enrichment. Though the holding is important enough on the merits for litigators to digest, there is also some “entertainment” value in seeing how the jurists marshal their arguments. The subject matter is not easy but it is quite relevant in today's litigious, technological world.
10 minute read

Texas Lawyer

McKool Smith Attorney Convinces Delaware Court that $10M Policy Covers Trade Secrets Case

A McKool Smith lawyer recently helped convince a Delaware Court that a $10 million insurance policy his hotel chain client purchased from National Union Fire Insurance Company should cover his defense costs of a trade secrets case—even though the policy excluded trade secrets claims.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

Litigating Idea Misappropriation Claims Under New York Law

it behooves any good litigator to take great care to dissect the idea misappropriation elements in as much detail as possible to ensure her client the best likelihood of success.
8 minute read

New York Law Journal

Trade-Secret Case Plaintiffs May Not Count Defendants' Cost Savings as Damages

Judge Paul Feinman said that compensatory damages for plaintiffs in trade secret cases must be based on how much the plaintiffs lose, not on an infringer's avoided development costs.
4 minute read

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