By Gary Glaser, James McNairy and Marc Jacobs
We are pleased to announce the webinar “Trade Secrets, Restrictive Covenants and the NLRB: Can They Peacefully Coexist?” is now available as a podcast and webinar recording.
In Seyfarth’s fifth installment of its 2016 Trade Secrets Webinar series, attorneys Jim McNairy and Marc Jacobs conveyed strategies and best practices to
Continue Reading Webinar Recap! Trade Secrets, Restrictive Covenants and the NLRB: Can They Peacefully Coexist?
Recent National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) law in the area of employee handbooks and policies brings new challenges for employers as to how they can best protect their trade secrets and enforce restrictive covenants in their employment agreements without running afoul of the National Labor Relations Act.
On Tuesday, May 10 at 12:00 p.m. Central, Seyfarth attorneys Gary Glaser,
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By Gary Glaser and Jacob Oslick
An old folk melody describes the world as “a very narrow bridge,” where one misstep can bring disaster. The song seeks to inspire, calling on people to have “no fear at all” while crossing through life’s perils.
However inspiring this song might be, some metaphorical bridges just aren’t worth crossing. Trying to assert Computer
Continue Reading The Computer Fraud and Abuse Act and Disloyal Employees: A Narrow Bridge To Nowhere?
We live in a world where global markets are falling all around us; where competition is keener than ever, and where a company’s confidential business information, or "trade secrets," may provide it with its only critical edge over competitors. As a result, it is more important than ever to protect such
Continue Reading In ‘Ashland Management,’ confidentiality knows no bounds.
(Thanks to Ralph Carter for preparing this posting).
As readers of our previous posts may recall, in November 2008, Judge Kenneth Karas of the Southern District of New York granted IBM’s motion to preliminarily enjoin one of its former high-level employees, Mark D. Papermaster, from working for Apple. Finding that “it is likely that Mr. Papermaster inevitably will draw upon his
Continue Reading Update on Developments in IBM v. Papermaster “Inevitable Disclosure” Case