| The firm advises companies on the intricacies
of trade secret protection and non-compete agreements. When
your employees leave, do your trade secrets and customer
relationships leave with them? Should you require some or
all of your workforce to sign non-compete agreements? If
you do, will the courts enforce them? On the other side
of the coin, what legal risks do you run if you hire someone
from a competitor who is bound to a non-compete?
These are the kinds of issues addressed by our Non-Compete
& Trade Secret Practice Group. We focuses on the complex
and evolving intersection of trade secret protection and
employee movement in the Information Age. Our representation
includes assisting clients in both litigated and non-litigated
matters, in court and in various ADR settings, and runs
the gamut from:
• day-to-day counseling
on the hiring and firing of employees possessing confidential
information and customer relationships
• to drafting confidentiality, non-compete and other
agreements, along with policy manuals on information ownership
and protection
• to high stakes litigation involving claims of employee
raiding and theft of trade secrets
We live in a global, knowledge-driven marketplace and
in an era of heightened competition. For most companies,
business success and even survival will depend in large
measure on the organization's ability to protect and build
its intellectual property, human resources and important
client relationships. The members of our team have assisted
a wide variety of clients, of all shapes and sizes, and
in all major segments of industry, to accomplish these critical
business objectives. |
Trade
Secrets & Unfair Competition
