I have been invited by the American Bar Association’s Intellectual Property Law Section to speak on Thursday, April 13 at 3:00 p.m. in Washington, D.C. with Nicole Galli of ND Galli Law LLC, Procopio’s Mindy Morton and DecisionQuest’s Michael
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Monthly Wrap Up (April 4, 2023): Noteworthy Trade Secret and Restrictive Covenant Cases, Posts and Developments
Here are last month’s noteworthy cases, article and posts, as well as a few other cases that I didn’t have room for in last month’s wrap up post:
Noteworthy Defend Trade Secret Act and Other Federal Cases, Posts and Articles:…
Are Three Decisions a Trend? The Delaware Chancery Court’s Turn Against Noncompetes
Delaware, where more than half of U.S. public companies are incorporated, has done much to drive the development of corporate governance. As a result, “Delaware’s courts have led the way, which is not surprising given the crucial role the state’s…
Join me for the OSBA’s CLE Webinar, “The Changing Shape of Trade Secret Trials: The Increasing Shift to Juries”
On Tuesday, March 21, 2023, at 1 p.m. ET, I will be speaking with Nicole Galli of ND Galli Law LLC, Benesch’s Scott Humphrey, and DecisionQuest’s Michael Biek, Ph.D. for the Ohio State Bar Association’s CLE Live Interactive…
Monthly Wrap Up (March 12, 2023): Noteworthy Trade Secret and Restrictive Covenant Cases, Developments and Posts
Here are the noteworthy cases, articles and posts from last month, along with several DTSA cases from January that didn’t make it into last month’s update:
Notable Defend Trade Secrets Act and Federal Trade Secret Developments, Opinions and Posts:
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Two Ideas to Improve and Balance the Defend Trade Secrets Act: A Safe Harbor Rule and Early Trade Secret Identification
Since its enactment in 2016, the Defend Trade Secrets Act (DTSA) has become the most important trade secrets statute in the world. Here’s the proof. DTSA filings have steadily increased, doubling from 2016’s 476 filings to 2020’s 1,008 filings.…
Monthly Wrap Up (February 18, 2023): Noteworthy Trade Secret and Restrictive Covenant Posts, Cases and Developments
Apologies for the lateness of this month’s post (another trial) but it contains some important developments from the past week. The potential impact of the FTC’s proposed ban on noncompetes continues to reverberate through the legal and business communities and…
Join me at the ABA’s 2023 Corporate Counsel CLE Seminar, “Tips from the Trenches: Hot Issues and Best Practices in Trying a Trade Secrets Claim under the DTSA”
On Saturday, February 18, 2023, I will be speaking at the American Bar Association’s Corporate Counsel CLE Seminar in Orlando on “Tips from the Trenches: Hot Issues and Best Practices in Trying a Trade Secrets Claim under the Defend Trade…
Guest Professor Evan Starr Discusses the Research behind the FTC’s Proposed Noncompete Ban (Fairly Competing, Episode 21)
The FTC’s proposed ban on noncompete agreements (and other “de facto” noncompetes such as overly broad nondisclosure agreements) relies in large part on the research done by University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business Professor Evan Starr —…
The FTC’s Proposed Ban on Noncompetes: Everything you need to know but were afraid to ask (Fairly Competing, Episode 20)
As many of you know from my post last week, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) just proposed a ban on noncompetes with virtually no exceptions. And, the FTC has also placed nondisclosure agreements (NDAs) in its crosshairs.
No one…