As changes in restrictive covenants laws sweep the nation, Nevada is one of the latest jurisdictions to update its non-compete statute. Last month, the state legislature amended the Nevada Unfair Trade Practices Act to add new requirements for enforceability of
Continue Reading Nevada Amends Non-Compete Statute Protecting Low-Wage Workers and Imposing Award of Attorneys’ Fees for Certain Violations
The Sedona Conference’s working group on trade secrets has created a draft Commentary on Protecting Trade Secrets throughout the Employment Life Cycle. The draft Commentary explains:
Employees are at the center of most aspects of trade secrets: Trade secrets cannot
Continue Reading The Sedona Conference Seeks Public Comment on Protecting Trade Secrets throughout the Employment Life Cycle
In the fourth installment of our 2021 Trade Secrets Webinar Series, Seyfarth attorneys Jesse Coleman, Matt Simmons, and Kevin Green outlined recent legal developments in Texas trade secret and non-compete law and how it is similar to and diverse from
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In the third installment of our 2021 Trade Secrets Webinar Series, Seyfarth attorneys Dan Hart, Kevin Young, and Cary Burke outlined the connection between wage and hour law and restrictive covenant law. We addressed how these important and impactful areas
Continue Reading Webinar Recap! The Connection Between Wage and Hour & Restrictive Covenant Law
Next Thursday, June 24, at 12:00 a.m. Eastern/9:00 a.m. Pacific, Seyfarth partner Dawn Mertineit will present a live webcast discussing Lex Machina’s Trade Secret Litigation Report for 2021. Dawn will join Morgan Lewis’s Seth Gerber and one of Lex Machina’s
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With unemployment levels reaching a new high during the global pandemic, courts across the country have become increasingly reluctant to enforce non-compete agreements in employment contracts. As an example, a recent district court case, Robert Garcia v. USA Industries, Inc.,
Continue Reading Texas Decision Highlights Concerns Regarding Limiting Enforceability of Non-Compete Agreements During COVID-19 Pandemic
The 2021 edition of The Legal 500 United States recommends Seyfarth Shaw’s Trade Secrets group as one of the best in the country. Nationally, for the sixth consecutive year, our Trade Secrets practice earned Top Tier.
Based on feedback from
Continue Reading Seyfarth’s Trade Secrets Group Earns Top Tier Ranking from Legal 500 for Sixth Consecutive Year
Wednesday, June 22, 2021
1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. Eastern
12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. Central
11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Mountain
10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Pacific
In this fourth installment of our 2021 Trade Secrets Webinar
Continue Reading Upcoming Webinar! How and Why Texas is Different When it Comes to Trade Secrets and Non-Competes
This coming Wednesday, June 9, 2021, Seyfarth partners Kate Perrelli and Dawn Mertineit will participate in panel discussions at the Boston Bar Association’s 2021 Virtual Trade Secrets & Restrictive Covenants Conference. At 9:00 AM Eastern, Dawn will be a panelist
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In a long-awaited decision, the Supreme Court resolved a circuit split about whether an individual with access to a computer system violates the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (“CFAA”) by accessing information for an improper purpose. By a 6-3
Continue Reading Supreme Court Resolves Circuit Split on Access Under Computer Fraud and Abuse Act
