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Category Archives: Confidential Information
Errant Email Steers Uber into Trade Secret Trouble
It’s too early to know the degree of vetting that occurred before Uber handed Anthony Levandowski nearly $700 million for his fledgling autonomous truck company named Otto and brought him aboard to lead Uber’s self-driving vehicle division. A high-profile trade … Continue reading
Posted in CEOs, Complaints Against Executives, Confidential Information, Corporate culture, Defend Trade Secrets Act, Trade Secrets
Tagged CEOs, employment, executive, Google, Joe Ahmad, trade secret, Uber
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President Not Alone in Cavalier Approach to Protecting the Digital Crown Jewels
President Not Alone in Cavalier Approach to Protecting the Digital Crown Jewels Continue reading
Posted in CEOs, Confidential Information, Corporate culture, Defend Trade Secrets Act, Trade Secrets
Tagged CEO, CEOs, executive employment, Joe Ahmad, Joseph Ahmad, litigation, non-compete agreements, trade secret
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Game industry executive’s job-hopping mistake leads to `Game Over’ jury verdict for Facebook/Oculus
Hours after a Dallas jury returned its $500 million verdict for ZeniMax over claims that Facebook and Oculus unfairly used its virtual reality coding, the creator of that code, John Carmack, took to social media to continue his defense. Carmack, … Continue reading
Posted in Complaints Against Executives, Confidential Information, Executive contracts, Litigation, Non-Competes, Trade Secrets
Tagged covenant not to compete, executive, executive contracts, executive employment, Facebook, Joe Ahmad, Joseph Ahmad, non-compete agreements, Oculus, trade secret
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Picture that text you just wrote on the screen in a courtroom
Executives know better than to put questionable statements in email, right? Well, it is past time to realize the same goes for texts. Just like a Miranda warning: Anything you text can and will be used against you in a court of law. Continue reading
Posted in CEOs, Complaints Against Executives, Confidential Information, Corporate culture, Depositions, Executive Management Style, Fiduciary Duty, Legal, Litigation, Social Media
Tagged CEOs, covenant not to compete, employment, executive, executive compensation, executive employment, Joe Ahmad, litigation
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Your Employment Agreement is Nothing Like a Mortgage Document
Another report on employment contracts is discouraging but not surprising. A survey of 1,000 people in the U.K. showed that more than 90 percent didn’t read their employment contracts – despite the fact that the terms can haunt them for … Continue reading
Posted in CEOs, Confidential Information, Corporate culture, Covenants Not to Compete, Executive Compensation, Executive contracts, Non-Competes
Tagged confidentiality agreements, employment agreements, non-compete agreements, nondisclosure agreements
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Dialer Beware: Trump Volunteers Must Sign Onerous Agreement to Work Online Phone Bank
Where do I begin? There are so many troubling aspects to the lengthy nondisclosure agreement that Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is requiring online campaign volunteers to sign that I just had to speak up. The contents of this 2,271-world … Continue reading
Noteworthy Outcome in Early Test of Federal Trade Secrets Act
There’s a bigger story behind a Florida judge’s recent ruling in one of the first lawsuits brought under the new Defend Trade Secrets Act (DTSA). U.S. District Judge Cecilia M. Altonaga dismissed, at least temporarily, a lawsuit filed by an … Continue reading
Posted in Confidential Information, Defend Trade Secrets Act, Trade Secrets, Uniform Trade Secrets Act
Tagged Defend Trade Secrets Act, litigation, theft of trade secrets
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Massage Envy No More
Houston Chronicle business columnist Chris Tomlinson recently interviewed me about how a woman’s search for a better job landed her in serious legal trouble. The unfortunate story involves Maxie Foster, who worked for years as a receptionist to pay her … Continue reading
Posted in Confidential Information, Corporate culture, Covenants Not to Compete, Executive Compensation, Executive contracts, Litigation, Non-Competes, Trade Secrets
Tagged change of control agreements, covenant not to compete, employment, executive compensation, executive contracts, non-compete, non-compete agreements
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Who Says There’s No Crying in Baseball?
To those who shrug off cybertheft as a victimless crime that shouldn’t involve any real punishment, there’s a federal judge in Houston who just officially delivered a very different message on the subject. U.S. District Judge Lynn Hughes sentenced former … Continue reading
Considering a New Job? Please Talk to Your Lawyer
Zillow recently reached a whopping $130 million settlement with Realtor.com operator Move Inc. shortly before the two online real estate giants went to trial over alleged misappropriation of trade secrets. While the settlement amount is a far cry from the … Continue reading
Posted in Business Continuity, CEOs, Complaints Against Executives, Confidential Information, Corporate culture, Covenants Not to Compete, Executive Compensation, Executive contracts, Executive Management Style, Fiduciary Duty, Legal, Litigation, Non-Competes, Trade Secrets, Uncategorized
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