WebinarOn Thursday, September 24 at 12:00 p.m. Central, Seyfarth attorneys Eric Barton, Justin K. Beyer and Robert C. Stevens will present the seventh installment in its series of 2015 Trade Secret Webinars. Presenters will focus on the issues confronting plaintiffs in preparing for and prosecuting trade secret cases and the various ins and outs of seeking both temporary restraining orders
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shutterstock_6242524By Justin K. Beyer and Matthew I. Hafter

Delaware has long been one of the jurisdictions most friendly to the interests of corporations and is the state of incorporation for a significant majority of corporations. While that trend does not seem likely to change, a new Delaware Chancery Court decision should give pause to choice of law decisions of Delaware
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We are pleased to let you know that the webinar “Ins and Outs of Prosecuting and Defending Trade Secret Injunction Cases” is now available as a podcast and webinar recording.

In Seyfarth’s seventh installment of its 2014 Trade Secrets Webinar series, Seyfarth attorneys, Justin K. Beyer, Dawn Mertineit, and James Yu discussed practical steps employers can take to protect
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On Tuesday, September 16, 2014 at 12:00 p.m. Central, Seyfarth attorneys, Justin Beyer, Dawn Mertineit and James Yu will present the seventh installment in its series of 2014 Trade Secret Webinars. They will focus on the issues confronting plaintiffs in preparing for and prosecuting trade secret cases as well as the particularities of conducting defensive discovery prior to a
Continue Reading Upcoming Client Webinar: Ins and Outs of Prosecuting and Defending Trade Secret Injunction Cases

On Tuesday, September 16, 2014 at 12:00 p.m. Central, Seyfarth attorneys, Justin Beyer, Dawn Mertineit and James Yu will present the seventh installment in its series of 2014 Trade Secret Webinars. They will focus on the issues confronting plaintiffs in preparing for and prosecuting trade secret cases as well as the particularities of conducting defensive discovery prior to a trade
Continue Reading Upcoming Webinar: Ins and Outs of Prosecuting and Defending Trade Secret Injunction Cases

This Saturday, June 21, 2014, Seyfarth attorney, Justin K. Beyer, will present at the 19th Annual Chinese Biopharmaceutical Association Conference on Legal Challenges in Trade Secret Protection, at the University of Maryland’s Shady Grove Conference Center.  Through this panel discussion, Mr. Beyer will offer insights into what constitutes a trade secret, trade secrets unique to the pharmaceutical industry, and best
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By Scott Schaefers, Justin Beyer and Joshua Salinas

We are pleased to let you know that the webinar “Employee Social Networking: Protecting Your Trade Secrets in Social Media” is now available as a podcast and webinar recording.

In Seyfarth’s second installment of its 2014 Trade Secrets Webinar series, Seyfarth attorneys addressed the relationship between trade secrets and social media.
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In a year in which the United States has brought and prosecuted a series of high-profile criminal cases under the Economic Espionage Act (“EEA”), another one was recently added to the roll call in the Southern District of Indiana, this time against two former high-level scientists with pharmaceutical giant, Eli Lilly. 

On August 14, 2013, a grand jury in the
Continue Reading Two Former Eli Lilly Scientists Accused of Stealing $55 Million in Trade Secrets on Behalf of Chinese Pharmaceutical Company In Southern District of Indiana Indictment

Following a growing recent national trend, Judge Martini of the District Court of New Jersey issued summary judgment to Defendants Monmouth-Ocean Hospital Service Corporation (“MONOC”) and two of its senior management employees on August 20, 2013, in a claim brought by a former nurse and EMT, Deborah Ehling, who accused MONOC of retaliation and other claims. 

Ehling’s claims, in part,
Continue Reading District Court of New Jersey Continues Growing National Trend Permitting Employers to View “Publicly” Available Social Media Posts

In a story that Hollywood would love to script, the U.S. Government charged Sinovel and its executives with soliciting the then-head of the Automation Engineering Department of AMSC’s Austrian subsidiary, AMSC Windtec GmbH, to steal AMSC’s source code in order that Sinovel might bypass a commercial relationship with AMSC and utilize AMSC’s trade secrets without paying for ongoing software licenses. 
Continue Reading AMSC/Sinovel Industrial Espionage Thriller Takes a Procedural Detour, Threatening U.S. Criminal Prosecution