Non-Compete & Trade Secrets Law
07.31.2017 | by:
Joseph T. King
Originally published in the International Law Quarterly. Global companies must safeguard confidential, proprietary information and trade secrets—not just from cybercriminals, “hacktivists,” cyberterrorists, and competitors—but from former employees. Too often, terminated…
05.30.2017 | by:
Ryan M. Corbett
U.S. patents incentivize innovation by allowing patent owners to prevent others from making, using, offering for sale, selling, or importing their inventions into the United…
05.23.2017 | by:
Ryan M. Corbett
For nearly three decades, patent owners have been able to file patent infringement lawsuits in any court that had personal jurisdiction over the accused infringer. …
05.18.2017 | by:
Peter C. Vilmos
As this blog post goes to press, the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Boston Celtics just began their series to determine which team will face the…
03.31.2017 | by:
Peter C. Vilmos
Readers of this blog are aware that Florida has a statute that specifically allows employers and employees to agree in writing to restrict – for…
01.18.2017 | by:
Peter C. Vilmos
Non-compete agreements, or non-competition agreements, are contracts into which an employer and an employee enter that restricts the work the employee can perform for another company when the…
01.18.2017 | by:
Peter C. Vilmos
This article appeared in the January/February 2017 issue of CFMA Building Profits. Non-compete agreements, or non-competition agreements, are contracts into which an employer and an…
12.6.2016 | by:
Ryan M. Corbett
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. v. Apple Inc. (No. 15-777) In the closely-watched Samsung v. Apple case, the Supreme Court today issued a landmark ruling that…
08.11.2016 | by:
Thomas K. Potter III
The SEC has fined an Atlanta company $265,000 for using various severance agreements restricting whistleblower activities. The Dodd-Frank Act added ’34 Act § 21F encouraging whistleblower…
07.20.2016 | by:
Peter C. Vilmos
*Co-authored by Charles LeCocq Pokémon Go is the newest craze to hit smartphones, finding colossal success in America. Some estimates claim that five percent of…
