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In Hawaii, “Aloha” May Mean Both Hello and Goodbye, But When Employees Leave,...
As we’ve observed over the years, when addressing trade secrets claims based on customer lists, courts have landed all over the place. These cases involve difficult questions such as when an employee...
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Don’t Rock the Boat: Eleventh Circuit Sinks Boatmaker’s Trade Secrets Claims...
On August 7, 2018, the Eleventh Circuit affirmed summary judgment in favor of defendant in Yellowfin Yachts v. Barker Boatworks, LLC. Sending the rival high-end boatmakers back to shore after a...
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Texas Federal Court: Copyright Law Doesn’t Preempt Trade Secrets Claim Where...
We’ve blogged on trade secret preemption before (here and here, for instance), but we’ve usually focused on trade secrets claims preempting other types of claims, and not the other way around. But, as...
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Intent to Use is Sticking “Pointe” In Denial of Preliminary Injunction
On October 25, the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts denied motions for injunctive relief in a case involving trade secrets allegedly stolen by a departing consultant using his...
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A 2018 Trade Secrets Year in Review
With the holidays behind us and our calendars flipped over to 2019, we’re taking a look back at some key trade secrets developments of the past year. Here are some of the big cases and legislative...
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Secret Recipes: Fracking Fluid Fracas
Several of our previous posts have covered the trade secrets implications of laws that require disclosure of hydraulic fracturing fluid ingredients. As today’s method of hydraulic fracturing combined...
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Third Circuit: Spying on Former Employee’s Social Media Account Does Not...
Consider this: a former employee has just left his or her employer and may have taken trade secrets to a competitor. Can the employer log in to that former employee’s personal social media account to...
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