Tuesday, May 6, 2025
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Join us for the third and final session of our Commercial Litigation Outlook webinar series, where we’ll examine key legal trends shaping the future of trade secrets
Continue Reading Commercial Litigation Outlook Webinar Series – Part 3: Trade Secrets, Privacy & eDiscovery: Safeguarding Data in an Uncertain Legal Landscape
In our recent webinar, “Drafting Restrictive Covenants That Work – Insights from Recent Legal Battles,” Seyfarth’s Trade Secrets, Computer Fraud & Non-Compete partners Dawn Mertineit and Dallin Wilson explored the evolving legal landscape surrounding restrictive covenants. As courts and lawmakers continue to scrutinize non-competes, non-solicits, and NDAs, employers must adapt their agreements to remain enforceable while protecting critical business interests.
Continue Reading Webinar Recap! Drafting Restrictive Covenants That Work – Insights from Recent Legal Battles
On March 7, 2025, lawyers for the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) filed motions requesting a 120-day stay of the agency’s appeal of district court decisions in the Fifth Circuit and Eleventh Circuit, which had blocked the FTC’s proposed ban on non-competes (the “Rule”) in the Ryan v. FTC and Properties of the Villages (“POV”) v. FTC cases, respectively. The nearly-identical
Continue Reading FTC Requests Stay of Appeals to Challenges to FTC Non-Compete Rule Citing New Administration
2025 Trade Secrets Webinar Series
Thursday, February 27, 2025
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Restrictive covenants continue to face evolving legal challenges and heightened regulatory scrutiny. With shifting state and federal laws, businesses must carefully craft
Continue Reading Webinar: Drafting Restrictive Covenants That Work – Insights from Recent Legal Battles
In 2024, Seyfarth’s Trade Secrets, Computer Fraud & Non-Compete practice group presented a series of dynamic and insightful CLE webinars, addressing pivotal challenges confronting businesses head-on. The breadth of our discussions encompassed a spectrum of critical topics:
To conclude our impactful 2024 webinar series, we’ve carefully compiled key takeaways from each session. If you missed any sessions, recordings are available on our blog or through the provided links. We’re excited to share that Continuing Legal Education (CLE) credit is attainable by watching the webinar recordings. For CLE credit inquiries, please email cle@seyfarth.com after viewing the webinar.Continue Reading 2024 Trade Secrets Webinar Series Recap: Key Takeaways and Access to Recordings
Once upon a time in the Eastern District of New York, a cryptocurrency foundation, new owners of the sole copy of Wu-Tang Clan’s “Once Upon a Time in Shaolin,” filed suit against the album’s former purchaser, Martin Shkreli, accusing him of wrongfully retaining copies of album data with the intent to publicly release it. The dispute has proved contentious, with
Continue Reading Cryptocurrency Collective Files Trade Secret Suit to Protect Its Interest in Wu-Tang Clan Album
With a factual background that resembles a bad Hollywood script, the most recent chapter in the ongoing dispute between former co-founder of Trilobio, Keoni Gandall (defendant), and Trilobio and his two former partners and co-founders Roya Amini-Naieni and Maximilian Schommer (plaintiffs) ended on October 17, 2024, with the court enjoining Gandall and his new company from using Trilobio’s trade secrets.
Continue Reading Bizarre Dispute Between AI-Biotech Startup and Former Executive Ends in Trade Secret TRO, For Now
On October 4, 2024, Plaintiff ATS Tree Services, LLC (“ATS”) voluntarily dismissed its claims against the FTC challenging the agency’s Non-Compete Rule. See ATS Tree Services, LLC v. Fed. Trade Comm’n, et al., No. 2:24-CV-01743-KBH (E.D. Pa. July 23, 2024). The dismissal ends the case before a decision on the merits, preventing the FTC from obtaining a favorable ruling
Continue Reading Pennsylvania Plaintiff Drops Challenge to FTC Non-Compete Rule
Tuesday, October 1, 2024
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In a world where corporate espionage and data breaches are increasingly common, protecting your company’s intellectual property is more vital
Continue Reading Upcoming Webinar! Trade Secrets Audits: Strengthening Your Company’s IP Protection
Jimmy Buffett once eloquently said that “without geography, you’re nowhere.” But how does that insight apply to restrictive covenants that lack explicit geographic limitations in Georgia? While Jimmy never got to find out, we now have some much-needed clarity from the Georgia Supreme Court.
For many years, most Georgia litigants, individuals, and businesses operated under the assumption that some restrictive
Continue Reading Georgia Supreme Court Reverses Lower Court Rulings and Holds Non-Recruitment Provisions do not Need to Contain Explicit Geographic Limitations