A recent Supreme Court of Virginia decision will make it more difficult to challenge non-compete restrictions through early pleading challenges.

In Assurance Data, Inc. v. Malyevac, the Supreme Court of Virginia reversed the Circuit Court of Fairfax County, which sustained a demurrer, and, in doing so, determined the enforceability of certain restraints on competition contained in an employment
Continue Reading Virginia Supreme Court Rules Enforceability of Non-Competes Cannot Be Determined in a Factual Vacuum

As discussed in today’s trade secrets webinar entitled "Pleading, Proving and Protecting Trade Secrets in Litigation," in an all to common theme, the plaintiff in L3 Communications Corporation v. Jaxon Engineering & Maintenance, Inc. et al., 2012 WL 1020516 (D.Colo. March 27, 2012) contended that several of its former employees devised a plan to leave L3 and create

Continue Reading Law School Exam-Type Trade Secret Complaint Survives a Specific Pleading Challenge in Colorado Federal Court