Seyfarth attorneys Joshua Salinas and Michael Wexler and digital forensic technologist James Vaughn (iDiscovery Options) offered a webinar on December 19, 2022, entitled, “Commerce Secret Safety: By way of the pandemic and past.” The skilled panel mentioned the most recent developments and traits in commerce secret safety as companies look to reestablish themselves in a […]
Continue ReadingInstances do not strive fairly often. Doubly so in commerce secret/non-compete litigation. So many of those disputes get resolved on the injunctive reduction section of the proceedings that, when one goes the space, it’s virtually all the time price peeking beneath the hood. in MWK Recruiting, Inc. v. Jowers, No. 1:18-cv-444-RP (WD Tex.), a federal […]
Continue ReadingSeyfarth is sponsoring the American Mental Property Legislation Affiliation (AIPLA) 2022 Commerce Secret Summit, which is happening December 8-9 in Miami, Florida. The AIPLA Commerce Secret Summit is likely one of the preeminent commerce secret conferences, with audio system together with non-public practitioners, in-house counsel, authorities, and academia. Seyfarth companion Marcus Mintz is presenting the […]
Continue ReadingOn Wednesday, November 30 at 1 pm Japanese, Robert Milligan—Seyfarth accomplice and co-chair of the agency’s Commerce Secrets and techniques, Pc Fraud & Non-Competes observe—is presenting the “Negotiating Enforceable Noncompetition and Nonsolicitation Agreements: Compliance with State Statutes and Case Legislation” webinar for Strafford. The skilled panel will talk about present legislative and case legislation traits […]
Continue ReadingEpstein Becker Inexperienced is proud to sponsor the American Mental Property Legislation Affiliation’s (AIPLA) 2022 Commerce Secret Summit in Miami, FL on December 8-9, 2022. The AIPLA Commerce Secret Summit is the main commerce secret convention within the nation, with audio system from throughout the spectrum of personal practitioners, in-house counsel, authorities, and academia, in […]
Continue ReadingPerhaps we have been improper. Or maybe we have been simply not considering creatively sufficient. After President Biden issued his “Government Order on Selling Competitors within the American Financial system,” through which he “encourage[d]” the Federal Commerce Fee (FTC) to “think about” exercising its statutory rulemaking authority “to curtail the unfair use of non-compete clauses […]
Continue ReadingA decide within the Northern District of Texas not too long ago declined to dismiss a lawsuit, CiCi Enterprises LP et al. v. Mucho Pizza, LLC et al., alleging a pizza franchisee failed to keep up the confidentiality of Texas pizza chain CiCi Enterprises LP’s commerce secrets and techniques after two associates inked a growth […]
Continue ReadingAs we previously reported, Minnesota will soon become only the fourth state (along with California, Oklahoma and North Dakota) to ban non-competitors. The state’s new law renders void and unenforceable all covenants not to compete entered by employees or independent contractors on or after July 1, 2023. The only exceptions are noncompetitive agreements relating to […]
Continue ReadingNow on Spilling Secrets, our podcast series on the future of non-compete and trade secret law: Trade secrets and non-compete litigation can result in massive damage awards, but those cases can also be unpredictable. Many viable trade secret claims went unexplored due to financial limitations or a lack of willingness to invest in litigation. Attorney […]
Continue ReadingThe National Labor Relations Board’s top lawyer, Jennifer Abruzzo, issued a General Counsel memo today instructing the Labor Board’s Regional Directors of her position that noncompete clauses for employees protected by the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) (ie., nonmanagerial and nonsupervisory employees) in employment contracts and severance agreements violate federal labor law except in limited […]
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