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Michael Album is an employment benefits lawyer with Proskauer Rose in New York, representing companies on Executive compensation.

Employee non-compete agreements have long played an important role in employers’ ability to protect confidential and trade secret information.  However, recognizing the distinct...

Guy Brenner is an employment attorney with Proskauer Rose Law Firm, he has extensive experience representing employers in both single plaintiff and class action matters

If you have seen any of our prior articles concerning the China Initiative, you know the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) is still focused on actively investigating individuals with...

To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. The state Supreme Court agreed with the Superior Courts determination, concluding that the no-hire provision at issue "is unreasonably in restraint of trade and therefore unenforceable." In its April 29, 2021, opinion,  Pittsburgh Logistics Systems v. Beemac Trucking,?A.3d?, No. 31 WAP 2019, 2021 WL 1676399 (Pa. Apr. 29, 2021), the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania weighed in on whether no-hire,...

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: The trial of Xiaorang You (aka “Shannon You”)—the principal research engineer accused of stealing trade secrets from several companies, including Coca-Cola—began on April 6, 2021 in the Eastern District of Tennessee at Greeneville. Ms. You was indicted by a grand jury on February 12, 2019 for theft of trade secrets, conspiracy to commit theft of trade secrets, and wire fraud. The trade secrets were valued at more than $119 mil...

Last year, the California Supreme Court held in Ixchel Pharma, LLC v. Biogen, Inc., that restraints in contracts between businesses should be evaluated using the same “rule of reason” standard that courts use to analyze antitrust violations under the Cartwright Act. Our previous article analyzing the Ixchel decision can be found here.   Recently, in Ixchel to overturn a decision of the San Diego Superior Court (the “Superior Court”). Procedural History The case arises from a dispute...

A preliminary injunction motion recently filed in the Eastern District of Virginia paints a fascinating story of alleged trade secret theft by a direct competitor in the...