Restrictive covenants and non-compete agreements have been a frequent topic of this blog in recent months, and rightly so. Non-competitors are generally thought to be effective tools to help firms protect trade secrets and competitive advantages. However, these agreements are falling out of favor across the country – the DOJ recently files a Statement of Interest in a state court case taking the position that non-competites may violate the Sherman Antitrust Act. Further, states continue to pass laws limiting or banning the use of noncompete agreements, including Illinois, Oregon, Nevada, DCand Colorado.

But one Texas

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LOS ANGELES, June 29, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The Portnoy Law Firm advises IonQ, Inc. (“IonQ” or “the Company”) (NYSE: IONQ) investors that a class action filed on behalf of investors. IonQ investors who lost money on their investment are encouraged to contact Lesley Portnoy, Esq.

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NEW YORK, June 29, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — WHY: Rosen Regulation Agency, a worldwide investor rights legislation agency, reminds purchasers of the securities of First Excessive-College Training Group Co., Ltd. (NYSE: FHS) pursuant and/or traceable to the registration assertion and prospectus (collectively, the “Registration Assertion”) issued in reference to the Firm’s March 2021 preliminary public providing (“IPO” or the “Providing”) of the vital July 11, 2022 lead plaintiff deadline.

SO WHAT: In the event you bought First Excessive-College Training Group securities pursuant and/or traceable to the Registration Assertion, you could be entitled to compensation with out fee of any

A Central District of California court docket not too long ago denied a defendant’s movement for abstract judgment the place the defendant argued that the plaintiff’s claims for commerce secret misappropriation had been barred by the relevant statute of limitations. The court docket decided that the statute of limitations didn’t bar the plaintiff’s declare as a result of an inexpensive jury may discover that the plaintiff didn’t have cause to consider that all the parts of its commerce secret misappropriation declare had been met previous to the bar date. Particularly, the court docket concluded {that a} cheap jury may discover

WHY: New York, NY – (NewMediaWire) – July 22, 2023 – Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, reminds purchasers of the securities of GDS Holdings Limited (NASDAQ: GDS) between April 12, 2021 and April 3, 2023, both dates inclusive (the “Class Period”), of the important August 21, 2023 lead plaintiff deadline in the securities class action commenced by the Firm.

SO WHAT: If you purchased GDS securities during the Class Period, you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out of pocket fees or costs through a contingency fee

At the beginning of the pandemic, concerns were raised that trade secret misappropriation might take a new form. Indeed, with large swaths of the workforce working from home, spouses, roommates, or others living in the same area had an increased opportunity to purloin confidential information that might not have been available to them previously.

But a recent case in Massachusetts highlights that this is not unique to pandemic-era work-from-home setups. While the events formed the basis of the dispute in BioPoint, Inc. v. Dickhaus et al. occurred during the pandemic, the facts reveal that information sharing between employees of competitors

The DC Circuit recently held that a “Mutual Non-Disparagement” clause requiring an employer to “direct” its employees not to disparage a former employee could reasonably be interpreted as prohibiting the employer itself from making disparaging statements.

in Wright v. Eugene & Agnes E. Meyer Foundation, Dr. Terri Wright, a former employee of the Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer Foundation (the “Foundation”), filed suit against the Foundation after discovering its CEO, Nicola Goren, had made disparaging statements about her.

The Foundation hired Wright in early February 2018 as its Vice President of Programs and Community. During Wright’s tenure, Goren criticized