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A Connecticut federal court recently issued a significant decision concerning the rights of a buyer of a business to enforce non-competition agreements against employees who previously worked for the seller under New York law.

In 2003, Milso and each of its employees signed an employment agreement expressly governed by New York law. The agreement contained confidentiality, non-solicitation and non-competition covenants…
Continue Reading Connecticut Federal Court Finds That Non-Competition Covenant Which Is Silent Regarding Assignability May Be Enforceable Depending Upon the Parties’ Intent Under New York Law

A recent federal decision from Connecticut confirms the notion that information knowingly posted on the Internet by its owner cannot constitute a protectable trade secret.  

On April 1, 2011, April Fools’ Day, a human relations consulting firm SharedXpertise allegedly disseminated by email and on its website a false statement that it had acquired its competitor LRP Publications. Kutik, a consultant for LRP, was offended. He…

Continue Reading April Fools’ Day Prank Leads To Trade Secrets Litigation

The University of Connecticut has a third well-publicized reason to celebrate, beyond its men’s and women’s basketball teams’ berths in the NCAA Tournament. The Connecticut Supreme Court recently held that the University’s databases of benefactors, season ticket holders, and others interested in University programs and departments were exempted from a FOIA request on the grounds that the databases were “trade secrets&rdquo…

Continue Reading UConn is Dancin’ for a Third Reason: Its Donor List is a Trade Secret and Exempt from Freedom of Information Act