At the beginning of the September, the State of Texas followed the majority of other states becoming the 48th to adopt a version of the uniform trade secrets act. So the question becomes, why does this matter to my […]
In a recent entry in the Delaware Employment Law blog, Molly DiBanca recounts the story of a employee who gives two weeks notice of intent to resign and then proceeds to email confidential and proprietary information to his new employer […]
As you probably know, HP filed a lawsuit against former CEO Mark Hurd in California seeking to prevent him from going to work for competitor Oracle. The Wall Street Journal has a solid account of the lawsuit and […]
As discussed previously, in some situations Texas courts will afford customer lists trade secret protection. In most non-solicit/non-compete cases, the departing employee doesn’t walk out with the company customer list. In some cases that list doesn’t exist. In other […]
In a breach of non-compete or non-solicit lawsuit, the former employer will almost always claim their customer lists are trade secrets. Texas Courts consider the following factors when determining if something is a trade secret: (1) the extent to which […]
"Trade-Secrets" "Dave Walton" "Cozen O'Connor" "Flash Drive"
In a survey of 950 former employees, 60 percent admitted to taking confidential information from their former employers. Most of the data takers (53 percent) said they downloaded the information onto a CD or DVD, while 42 percent put […]
I liked Jay Shepherds’ remarks in Eight Ways to Lose a Non-Compete Case blog entry. Here they are with my thoughts in italics: Putting too much faith in the belief that the court will enforce the language of […]
As with most lawsuits, the previously discussed IBM/Mark Papermaster lawsuit has settled. Papermaster will not go to work with Apple until April and must certify to IBM he is not using any of its trade-secrets in the course and scope […]
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