
The group at ArentFox Schiff handles trade secret, employee mobility and non-compete cases. Boston-based Linda Jackson represents a diverse array of clients in employment and commercial disputes. Los Angeles-based Allan Anderson‘s key sectors include entertainment, internet, and tech. Washington DC-based Nicholas Nesgos is noted for his expertise in shareholder and partner-related employment disputes. Boston-based Lauren Schaefer has significant litigation experience. Chicago-based Matthew Prewitt and New York-based patent specialist Alexander Spiegler are also key practitioners.
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Key clients
- Action Gypsum Supply, LP
- CACI, Inc.
- CDS Moving Equipment
- Congress Wealth Management LLC
- Huang Hui
- Optimal Facility Management Services
- Plibrico Company
- Thompson Pipe Group
- Wismann Group, LLC. and William Wismann
Work highlights
- Advising Thompson Pipe Group as a defendant and counterclaimant in a litigation with the technology licensor Amiblu Technology in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana, arising from Amiblu’s attempt to terminate what Thompson Pipe contends is a perpetual exclusive license.
- Advised Action Gypsum Supply LP in a competitor suit in the California Superior Court alleging the use of wrongful means to recruit its employees, including allegedly confidential employee compensation information.
- Advising CACI, Inc. in a civil theft of trade secrets dispute involving a $7bn government contractor and the former director of the contractor’s digital forensics lab subject to non-complete, no poaching, and non-disclosure provisions.
Lawyers
Leading associates
Leading associates with regular involvement in their team's key work, and recognition from peers or clients as being ones to watch.

Practice head
Linda Jackson; Allan Anderson; Nicholas Nesgos; Matthew Prewitt; Alexander Spiegler
Other key lawyers
Lauren Schaefer; Taniel Anderson