Chances are, if you are starting your own company, you aren’t going to be a newcomer to whichever industry category your new business falls within. After years of managing hotels, you found the perfect location to convert into your own bed and breakfast. After...
In California, a claim made regarding misappropriation of trade secrets rests on proving two elements: 1) the existence of a true “trade secret” (discussed in our last blog post on this topic), and 2) that the trade secret was “misappropriated.” The Uniform Trade...
For many businesses, success depends upon keeping certain, key pieces of company information strictly in-house. This information might be a certain technique or formula used to create a product, a client list, or a business plan- all of these could indeed represent...
While non-compete agreements are generally unenforceable in California, an employer can restrict an employee from utilizing, stealing, disclosing or compromising the employer’s trade secrets, data, client lists, patents, etc. Such confidential, proprietary information...
