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In July 2021, President Biden signed an Executive Order directed at promoting competition in the U.S. economy. As part of that overarching goal, the Biden Administration tasked the Federal Trade Commission ("FTC")...

Minnesota is joining the growing list of state legislatures targeting non-compete agreements, and doing so with one of the most aggressive laws in the nation on the subject.

During session one of the series, "IP Mavericks: Riding the Waves of FTC Changes," attendees heard from Buchanan's Carrie Amezcua, Christopher Blaszkowski and Jaime Tuite, as well as Mark Edwards...

On May 14, 2019, Oregon Governor Kate Brown signed House Bill 2992, amending the existing non-compete statute to now require employers to provide employees with a signed, written copy of their non-competition agreements ...

In an unprecedented move, the FTC has issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that would render unenforceable all non-compete agreements currently in existence...

In late 2015, Atlantic Marine Construction Company, a Virginia Beach construction company, filed a lawsuit against a former Vice President of Construction and his new employer, alleging various causes of action...

With the continued success of the auto industry, comes the increase in employee mobility.

Non-compete and trade secret litigation inherently involves disclosure of confidential information. Plaintiffs argue that defendants took or used the plaintiff’s confidential information, and they often want the defendants to turn over their files for review.

Shayna Balch was a guest blogger for the Phoenix Business Journal on April 8, 2015.

California’s Green Initiative has raised some concerns among manufacturers, not the least of which is the protection of confidential information.

This White Paper summarizes noteworthy legal developments in trade secret law in the United States in 2023.

One of the most obvious changes caused by COVID-19 is that everyone is now working from home.

Expectations didn't appear high for the latest round of China-U.S. talks about a variety of economic issues including trade secret protection.

Life Sciences is an area ripe for trade secrets misappropriation litigation. In recent news, Merz Pharmaceuticals, LLC filed a lawsuit under the North Carolina Uniform Trade Secrets Act alleging...

As two recent cases show, how one pleads its case under the Defend Trade Secrets Act can be the difference between whether "aloha" means hello or goodbye to federal jurisdiction.

On April 4, 2016, the United States Senate passed the Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016, with the House following suit on April 27, 2016. The DTSA now awaits President Obama's approval.

On March 13, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York dismissed a trade secret misappropriation claim under the Defend Trade Secrets Act ("DTSA")...

In a recent decision out of the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota, a court ruled that a non-party to a lawsuit could be held in contempt for violating a preliminary injunction...