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Nebraska Court: Agent Breached Contract but Client List Not a Trade Secret

The Nebraska Supreme Court recently upheld the finding of a lower court that a crop insurance agent breached the terms of her contract with a former employer when she went to work for another agency. However, in First Express Services …

Mississippi Extends Trade Secret Protections for Research

Mississippi lawmakers have extended trade-secret protections to universities and community colleges by exempting materials tied to any commercial, scientific or technical research from the state’s Open Records Act before the research is published. Gov. Phil Bryant signed House Bill 116, …

U.S. Presses China to Stop Growing Trade Secret Theft

The U.S. Trade Representative’s office criticized China on Wednesday for failing to stop the growing theft of American trade secrets that are the lifeblood of U.S economic might, in the latest sign of Washington’s frustration. “Not only are repeated thefts …

U.S. Apppeals Court Revives Workplace Cybertheft Claim

In a decision that could make it easier for businesses to police cybertheft in the workplace, a U.S. appeals court revived a chemical company’s lawsuit accusing a former Toronto-area employee of using her home computer to steal trade secrets from …

AIG Alleges Ex-Air Lease CEO, Employees Stole Trade Secrets

American International Group Inc. has sued the co-founder and former chief executive of its aircraft-leasing unit, Steven Udvar-Hazy, accusing him and other former employees of stealing several thousand electronic files containing trade secrets. The civil lawsuit by AIG, the insurer …

Damages Expert: California Trust Company Owed $81M for Trade Secrets

A damages expert asserted Trust Company of the West (TCW) is owed $81.7 million in royalties due to trade secret theft as the high-profile civil case pitting the asset management firm against its former chief investment officer Jeffrey Gundlach resumed …

DuPont Wins $919M in Kevlar Trade Secrets Claim

A U.S. federal jury awarded DuPont $919.9 million in damages Wednesday, ruling that a South Korean company stole trade secrets for a fiber used to make Kevlar bulletproof vests. DuPont said the Richmond, Virginia, jury ordered Kolon Industries Inc. to …