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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit rejected the Pharmaceutical Care Management Association's ("PCMA") challenge to provisions of Maine's Unfair Prescription Drug Practices Act ("UPDPA") that required pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) to disclose certain business practices, such as rebates and discounts from drug manufacturers.

As we have previously reported, the Commission recently heard its first Section 337 oral argument in nearly ten years.

In a recent decision, the New York County Commercial Division reaffirmed the high bar that parties must meet when attempting to seal court documents...

On May 11, 2016, the federal Defend Trade Secrets Act became law. The DTSA provides trade-secret protections on the federal level that are similar to those available through the Uniform Trade Secrets Act adopted (with variations) in 48 States.

Adding to case law addressing franchisor–franchisee disputes involving system departures and post-termination competition, the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit issued its opinion...

In an interesting 15-page discovery order, Magistrate Judge Jeffrey Cole of the Northern District of Illinois rejected Motorola's attempt to obtain images of the computers of a number of Hytera employees.

Even though a company took proactive steps to ensure new employees did not bring or use a former employer’s information to their new job, the company may still be on the hook for the subsequent misconduct of allegedly "rogue" employees.

Trade secret and contract claims often travel together.

As has been widely reported, the Hon. Ada E. Brown issued a ruling on Aug. 20, 2024, setting aside the Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) controversial ban of nearly all employee noncompetition agreements nationwide.

If your company safeguards its trade secrets but encourages employee social media use, you may want to review a recent California federal court decision.

A new Colorado law, effective March 1, 2022, will make violations of the state's noncompetition statute a Class 2 misdemeanor punishable by 120 days in jail, a fine up to $750, or both.

Colorado Supreme Court recently issued an important ruling to address whether litigants may pursue a civil theft claim (including theft or unauthorized use of trade secrets) where such acts also constitute a breach of contract.

The FTC's proposed rule banning non-competes with employees and workers has now been published in the Federal Register.

One question that often arises in the trade secret practice is what information, if any, can be protectable as confidential information even if it does not qualify under state law as a trade secret.

Four AMN recruiters left AMN to join Aya.

Waking up to news of another major data breach seems to have become a daily routine. On the front pages and cable news, we hear about hackers, rogue governments, and shadowy figures involved with these data breaches

If there is one thing that non-compete and trade secret plaintiffs and defendants can agree upon, it is that injunctions need to be clear.