To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. Confidentiality and non-disclosure provisions in employment agreements can be a meaningful measure to help companies protect valuable intellectual property, including trade secrets. This article addresses certain important issues under New York law concerning such provisions. Confidentiality and non-disclosure provisions in employment agreements can also be important evidence of measures a trade secret owner employs to protect such important intellectual property. Conversely, as certain cases from New York indicate, the failure to have in place a non-disclosure agreement can create difficult hurdles in asserting a trade secrets claim