I can say “CUTSA preemption” and see eyes begin to immediately glaze over. Even those who follow trade secrets closely sometimes have to stifle a yawn when it comes to CUTSA preemption.
Boring or not, CUTSA preemption should be understood by those who seek to protect their trade secrets. Both federal and state courts have
Thursday, May 17, 2012
9:00 a.m. – Registration and Breakfast
9:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. – Program
400 Capitol Mall, 11th Floor, Sacramento, CA
Can You Keep a Secret?
From trade secrets like product recipes and algorithms to confidential details about financing, customers and costs, all businesses have information that could be devastating if it
Just as employees owe a duty of loyalty to their current employers, partners owe a duty of loyalty to one another. When one partner opens a secret “side business” (that does the same thing as the partnership) that partner breaches the duty of loyalty. When
It is sometimes difficult to distinguish arrogance or hubris from their close cousin, courage and perseverance. When a Court looks back over a plaintiff’s unsuccessful prosecution of a trade secret case for purposes of determining an award of attorney’s fees, that postmortem evaluation of the plaintiff’s case can make for some disturbing reading.
Recently, in
It is common in employee defection and trade secret cases for the plaintiff company to rush into court screaming that a robbery is underway that must be halted by the court. The plaintiff cries that, absent the immediate intervention of the court, it will be stripped of any effective ability to compete and may be
