Labor & Employment Law

Employers concerned about protecting trade secrets or hiring an employee from a competitor may find this article informative.  Employees also may find the information useful if they are weighing their options under a non-compete agreement or if they are considering jumping ship to a competitor.  This ???roundtable transcript??? includes comments from six different employment attorneys on trade secret and noncompete agreements including:

• How to define a trade secret and why trade secrets can be valuable to a company.
• How a company can legally obtain information about its competitors.
• How a company should form and implement a trade secret protection policy, including protective measures such as the use of restrictive covenants for vendors and employees.
• What steps a company should take when hiring an employee from a competitor when trade secrets are involved.
• How a company can enforce its trade secret rights and ultimately recover damages.

The article is:  Defining, Protecting and Litigating Trade Secrets: A Roundtable Discussion.