Showing posts with label Trade Secrets. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Trade Secrets. Show all posts
Thursday, November 29, 2018

Case Law Update: Riding Circuit

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The last few months we've seen a number of interesting decisions from the federal circuit courts of appeal, both on issues of State law ...
Monday, October 22, 2018

Cleaning Up the Janitorial Mess

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Somewhat predictably, the reaction to C&W Facility Services non-compete lawsuit against janitorial employee Sonia Mercado was swift and ...
Monday, July 16, 2018

Back from Hiatus (Part II): State Law Updates

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Last week, I discussed three examples of Illinois courts analyzing similar non-compete issues in very different ways, a post that amply illu...
Friday, January 26, 2018

Trade Secret Litigation Statistics Revisited

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Thank God for firms like Skadden Arps. Unlike some terrible "national" law firms that attempt to blog and end up shoveling out w...
Tuesday, January 9, 2018

The Trade Secret Status of Football Game Plans

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For the second day in a row, The Wall Street Journal  identified interesting questions concerning the law of trade secrets. Today's arti...
Monday, January 8, 2018

Sinovel Wind Turbine Case Heads to Trial

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The Wall Street Journal  reported today that the Wisconsin trade secrets case of United States v. Sinovel Wind Group Co.  is scheduled to be...
Thursday, January 4, 2018

It's Just Business as Usual for the Year 10 Kick-Off

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The more things change, the more they stay the same. If I had to make three predictions for 2018, they would have been as follows: (1) L...
Friday, December 8, 2017

38 Minutes of Hell

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I've represented defendants in some pretty stupid lawsuits. But 2017 is proving a banner year. Earlier this year, I had client get ser...
Friday, December 1, 2017

The Reading List (2017, No. 29): Frivolous Litigation in the Northern District and Uber (Allegedly) Covers Up

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Non-Compete and Trade Secrets News for the week ended December 1, 2017 *** Another Dumb Lawsuit in Illinois Sorry. I call it like it i...
Friday, November 17, 2017

The "Inevitable Disclosure" Non-Compete Clause: What is it and for God's sakes...why?

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Leave it to lawyers to see an obscure, narrow, and disfavored legal theory and then try to drive a mack f**king truck through it like it...
Friday, November 10, 2017

The Reading List (2017, No. 27): Judicial Rock-Stars,Forum-Selection Clauses, Attorney General Suits, and Worthless Blog Posts

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Non-Compete and Trade Secrets News for the week ended November 10, 2017 *** Vicarious Liability Ruling in Waymo v. Uber For those of y...
Friday, October 20, 2017

Much Overdue Case Law Update, Part II

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This week, I offer my second case-law update, highlighting a variety of cases from around the company on topics of interest. *** Indiana...
Thursday, September 7, 2017

Judicial Engagement and Non-Compete Litigation

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The lack of judicial engagement is a serious thing - particularly in competition disputes. What do I mean by judicial engagement ? For sim...
Friday, September 1, 2017

The Reading List (2017, No. 25): Eighth Circuit Affirms Damages Award in West Plains Litigation

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Non-Compete and Trade Secrets News for the week ended September 1, 2017 *** Jury Verdict Affirmed in West Plains  Litigation The Nebra...
Friday, August 18, 2017

An Analysis of Two California Cases. Big California Cases.

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Over the past week, we received two big decisions from two different California courts on two vastly different issues. One was a decision th...