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Category Archives: Trade Secrets
Panel of Global Employment Lawyers Agrees on One Thing: U.S. Noncompete Laws Create Unique Challenges
The state-by-state patchwork of noncompete laws is difficult enough for U.S.-based businesses, let alone employers with a cross-border presence. I had the pleasure of exploring this topic with a panel of U.S. and UK-based employment lawyers as part to the … Continue reading
Posted in Covenants Not to Compete, Executive contracts, Litigation, Non-Competes, Trade Secrets
Tagged covenant not to compete, covenants not to compete, non-compete, non-compete agreements, non-compete clauses, noncompetes
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Former MLB Pitcher Claims Astros Stole More than Hand Signals in Runup to 2017 World Series
Former MLB pitcher Mike Bolsinger has come up with a novel legal strategy as he (literally) relitigates his shoddy third-of-an-inning performance against the Astros in their runup to the 2017 World Series. The journeyman pitcher gave up four runs and … Continue reading
Posted in Defend Trade Secrets Act, Litigation, Trade Secrets, Uncategorized, Uniform Trade Secrets Act
Tagged baseball, trade secrets, Uniform Trade Secrets Act
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Tracking the Impact of the Defend Trade Secrets Act After Five Years
The now five-year-old Defend Trade Secrets Act has had a big impact, I reported in a Texas Lawyer commentary “Tracking the Impact of the Defend Trade Secrets Act After Five Years.” “Trade secret filings were on the rise even before the DTSA and have only increased since. Texas is … Continue reading
Posted in Business Continuity, Covenants Not to Compete, Trade Secrets
Tagged covenants not to compete, Defend Trade Secrets Act, trade secrets
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Texas Appellate Court Goes the Extra Mile (literally) in Non-Compete Dispute, Expands Geographic Scope of Injunction
An appellate ruling from the Dallas Fifth Court of Appeals in January is an important read for those who closely follow Texas non-compete litigation. The opinion in Richard Gehrke and Pacific Companies Inc. v Merritt Hawkins and Associates is a rare example … Continue reading
Posted in CEOs, Confidential Information, Covenants Not to Compete, Trade Secrets
Tagged covenant not to compete, Joe Ahmad, non-compete agreements, trade secrets
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As Patent Litigation Wanes, Businesses Increasingly Turn to Trade Secret Law to Protect Digital Assets
The popular dating app platform Tinder and its parent company Match recently succeeded in having a patent infringement lawsuit tossed. Like many companies accused of infringement today, it accomplished this by going on the offensive and challenging the fundamental validity … Continue reading
Posted in Trade Secrets
Tagged Alice, CEO, CEOs, executive, executive employment, Patents, trade secret, Uniform Trade Secrets Act
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Dallas Morning News Interviews Joe Ahmad About Clash of the Dating App Start-Ups
The Dallas Morning News took a close look at a raft of lawsuits facing Dallas-based online dating company Match.com, including a series of bitter lawsuits with rival startup Bumble, which I’ve written about previously on this blog. DMN Reporter Danielle Abril … Continue reading
Posted in CEOs, Corporate culture, Litigation, Trade Secrets
Tagged CEO, CEOs, trade secret
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Dating App Execs Make Failed Tinder-Bumble Merger Personal
A nasty court fight unfolding between Texas-based dating apps Tinder and Bumble has all of the elements of a soap opera drama – romance, unfaithfulness, intrigue and, of course, revenge. The mess began just four years ago with a bitter … Continue reading
Posted in Complaints Against Executives, Confidential Information, Covenants Not to Compete, Executive Management Style, Social Media, Trade Secrets, Workplace Romances
Tagged Bumble, covenant not to compete, employment, executive contracts, Joe Ahmad, Joseph Ahmad, Tinder, workplace romance
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As Date Nears for Google v. Uber Trade Secret Trial, Uber Insiders Describe Culture of Espionage and Secrecy
In the year since Google’s autonomous vehicle subsidiary Waymo first leveled allegations that Uber had poached star engineer Anthony Levandowski knowing that he was bringing a raft of stolen trade secrets with him, the contentious litigation has consistently revealed new … Continue reading
Posted in CEOs, Complaints Against Executives, Confidential Information, Corporate culture, Criminal Prosecutions, Defend Trade Secrets Act, Litigation, Trade Secrets
Tagged confidentiality agreements, corporate culture, covenant not to compete, executive compensation, executive contracts, executive employment, Joe Ahmad, Joseph Ahmad, legal, trade secret, trade secrets
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5 Lessons About Protecting Digital Assets From ZeniMax v. Oculus VR
The November edition of DCEO magazine dives into the recent $500 million jury verdict against Facebook’s Oculus virtual reality subsidiary, describing the whopper verdict as a transcendent moment for businesses that have not yet taken steps to identify and protect … Continue reading
Posted in Business Continuity, CEOs, Corporate culture, Non-Competes, Trade Secrets
Tagged CEOs, covenant not to compete, covenants not to compete, digital assets, executive, intellectual property, Joe Ahmad, Joseph Ahmad, non-compete agreements, trade secret, trade secrets
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U-Turn Ahead: Uber hits brakes over new hire’s refusal to help in trade secret defense
In a move that surprised no one watching the drama between Uber and Google’s Waymo self-driving vehicle division, Uber fired engineering whiz Anthony Levandowski on Tuesday. The company thought it scored a real coup last year in hiring Levandowski to … Continue reading
Posted in Complaints Against Executives, Corporate culture, Covenants Not to Compete, Defend Trade Secrets Act, Executive contracts, Trade Secrets
Tagged executive compensation, executive contracts, executive employment, executives, Joe Ahmad, Joseph Ahmad, legal, litigation, non-compete agreements, trade secret
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