Northern District of California Grants Preliminary Injunction in Trade...
In a February 29, 2008 Order, the Northern District of California entered a preliminary injunction against four defendants on behalf of Verigy US, Inc. Verigy demonstrated in discovery that Romi Omar...
View ArticleGeorgia House & Senate Committees Meet to Consider Restrictive Covenants in...
This morning (September 24, 2008), Rep. Kevin Levitas and Sen. Judson Hill from the Georgia Legislature convened the first meeting of a legislative study committee reviewing the law of Georgia with...
View ArticleGeorgia Court of Appeals Repeats Requirements for Non-compete and...
In Global Link Logistics, Inc. v. Briles, No. A08A1871, (Ga. App. Feb. 18, 2009), the Georgia Court of Appeals recently reiterated Georgia court’s requirements for non-compete and non-disclosure...
View ArticleConsulting Engineers Corp. v. Geometric, Ltd.: Fourth Circuit Holds That...
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit recently affirmed the denial of jurisdiction by the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia over two companies...
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Georgia Governor Signs HB 173
On April 29, 2009, Governor Sonny Perdue signed HB 173, legislation intended to revamp the way that non-compete, non-solicit and non-disclosure agreements are enforced in Georgia.
View ArticleTrade Secret Claim Wins Out to Protect Software.
In Coleman v. Retina Consultants, P.C., the Georgia Supreme Court reversed a trial court’s decision to enjoin a former employee based on his non-compete provision, but it upheld the injunction to the...
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Seventh Circuit Rejects Pool Technology Company’s Trade Secrets Claim
On March 29, 2012, the Seventh Circuit upheld summary judgment in favor of a defendant on plaintiff’s claims for trade secrets misappropriation and unjust enrichment, holding that plaintiff failed to...
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California Federal District Court Finds That Plaintiffs May Assert A Claim...
By Robert Milligan and Jeffrey Oh In business, as in life, trust and communication are key to healthy and productive relationships. When these crucial elements are lost, as in the case of What 4 LLC v....
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New York Federal Court Rejects Heightened Specificity Pleading Standard for...
By Joshua Salinas and Jessica Mendelson The secret is out, Tic Tacs and bubblegum have the most valuable and desirable real estate in the entire grocery store. On September 27, 2012, a district court...
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Employee Data Theft and Corporate Hacking Studies Point to Need for...
By Robert Milligan and Jessica Mendelson Today is the deadline for public comments requested by the Obama Adminstration on any proposed changes to federal law to combat trade secret theft. Some legal...
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