Clients entrust the practice at Brown Rudnick LLP with designing bespoke strategies for proprietary information protection, both within litigation and as a means to avoid court disputes. Some of the issues regularly handled by the team are trade secrets misappropriation, unfair competition, and restrictive covenant breaches, representing both plaintiffs and respondents. The group is lead by Ian DiBernardo in New York, who specializes in portfolio management and commercial agreements, and Adam Schoen, who co-manages the firm’s global intellectual property group from Boston. Joshua Whitehill, also in New York, is another noteworthy name, recommended for multijurisdictional mandates. Jason Sobel has left the firm.
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‘Great teamwork and great client communications - they are excellent in what they focus on and cannot recommend them enough.’
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Key clients
- Nomura Holding America
- Nomura Securities International
- Executives of Kamine Development Corporation
Work highlights
Defended four executives in a complex litigation seeking $500 million damages, asserting sixteen causes of action, including trade secret misappropriation, tortious interference with contract, fraud, civil conspiracy, and other commercial claims.
Representing Nomura Holding America and Nomura Securities International in negotiating licenses and other agreements relating to trading platforms, market/trading data, and related financial services.
Practice head
Ian DiBernardo; Adam Schoen
Other key lawyers
Joshua Whitehill