Twitter made headlines last week with its threat to sue Meta over the launch of its competing service called “Threads.” This incident serves as a reminder that protecting trade secrets and avoiding becoming a defendant in a misappropriation lawsuit is vital to running any business.
According to Twitter’s letter to Meta, it
A recently filed trade secret misappropriation lawsuit in the Michigan Eastern District Federal Court is a good reminder for both employers and individuals about the dangers stemming from not protecting or wrongfully using confidential or trade secret information.
The lawsuit was filed on behalf of Van Dyke Horn LLC, a public relations company.
A court decision from the Third Circuit clarified requirements for making a trade secret misappropriation claim under the Defend Trade Secrets Act (”DTSA”).
At the pleading stage (the beginning phase of a lawsuit), the Court allowed a plaintiff to pursue its claims under a less demanding threshold of proof of the actual trade secrets and
A former Toronto Blue Jays pitcher, Michael Bolsinger, sued the Houston Astros for trade secret misappropriation. He claims the Astros violated Texas trade secret law by stealing his team’s pitching signs in an August 2017 game.
As an attorney who has handled trade secret matters for almost 20 years, this lawsuit is
Nephron Pharmaceutical Corp. agreed to accept $7.9 million to settle its trade secret misappropriation lawsuit against its competitor U.S. Compounding Inc., its parent company Adamis Pharmaceuticals Corp., and former employees.
For the defendant businesses, the case arose from actions that every company routinely faces – hiring employees. But the competitors
Tesla sued a former engineer for trade secret misappropriation on January 21, 2021. It obtained an ex parte temporary restraining order the next day.
In our experience representing clients in pursuing and defending against these kinds of claims, this case is a good reminder for companies and former employees about the importance
An Ohio funeral home sued another funeral home and its former employee for alleged trade secret misappropriation. The plaintiff is also suing for defamation and tortious interference with its business expectancies.
As to the trade secret claim, reporting from the Tribune Chronicle, by Renee Fox, indicates the plaintiff funeral home alleges its client list meets
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ecret misappropriation lawsuit was filed on March 3, 2018 (Bankers Life and Casualty Co. v Knox) against two former employees. The suit, among other issues, raises two points important to individuals looking to start a new business and for business owners interested in protecting their company’s competitive interests.
The plaintiff,
A company’s Federal Trade Secret Claim and Computer Fraud and Abuse Act claim were recently dismissed by a Michigan federal district judge. The dismissal was avoidable. But it also offers several key lessons for employers and employees when it comes to protecting and using confidential information.
The case,
On Monday, May 15, 2017, Uber Technologies, Inc. narrowly sidestepped what could have been a complete shutdown of its autonomous vehicle program. Specifically, a federal district court judge declined to issue a temporary injunction against Uber and its self-driving car program. A copy of the order is available here, Waymo LLC v.