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Why is PNC Bank Accusing Morgan Stanley of Corporate Espionage and Trade Secret Theft?

I often write about corporate espionage and trade secrets but I bet some of you may still be trying to imagine real-world scenarios that demonstrate exactly what those terms mean and how they apply. Let me tell you a story and see if it helps it make more sense. Let’s Talk About Your Business Let’s say …

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Northern District of Texas Court Requires Plaintiffs’ Pre-Discovery Identification of Trade Secrets

A federal court in the Northern District of Texas ordered the plaintiffs to identify the trade secrets they accused the defendants of misappropriating before the parties began discovery. In this case the plaintiffs sued the defendants alleging they had misappropriated their trade secret information. Before the parties began discovery in the case, the defendants filed …

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How Do You Violate the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act? SunPower Lawsuit Shows How!

A new lawsuit has been filed by SunPower against 5 former employees and it’s rival SolarCity alleging violations of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. This is a good one to look at if you want to see how to violate the CFAA with style — especially if you are an soon-to-be-departing employee and you …

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Your business needs a social media policy and this is why.

It is foolish to not have one. Having a social media policy is like having a Will for your businesses’ branding and marketing efforts and the cost of getting that policy will likely be less than the bill for the first day in litigation if you do not! Social media is the next big thing …

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Are LinkedIn Contacts Trade Secrets?

A judge “across the pond” ruled that an employee’s LinkedIn contacts were, in essence, trade secrets of his former employer where those contacts were created during the term of employment and mimicked the employer’s confidential and proprietary business contacts. This raises quite a few legal issues for employers and employees. In fact, I wrote a …

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LinkedIn: think before you sync!

Right now LinkedIn is the darling of the business world and rightfully so. It is the professional’s social network that, I believe, virtually everyone should be taking advantage of — lawyers and clients alike — though not with reckless abandon. One of the nifty features about it is that when you sign up it gives …

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