Business tort claims include legal disputes focused
on misappropriation of trade secrets, for instance, as well as conversion of property, negligent misrepresentation of facts, and tortious interference with contract or business relationships.
Trial counsel for T - Mobile USA in a three - week jury trial in Seattle, winning verdicts
on misappropriation of trade secrets and breach of contract claims against Huawei.
Not exact matches
Multiple investigations, cases and actions brought
on behalf
of Fortune 500 corporations for thefts and
misappropriation of trade secrets.
We obtained judgment
of infringement and
misappropriation of trade secrets after a three - week trial, and we obtained affirmance
on the finding
of misappropriation of trade secrets.
While Nick's general litigation practice focuses
on real estate and construction law and personal injury and product liability law, he also handles a number
of other complex commercial disputes, including
misappropriation of trade secrets and shareholder derivative actions.
Negotiated a favorable settlement
on behalf
of a publicly
traded software company concerning a multimillion dollar lawsuit involving allegations
of misappropriation of trade secrets
Obtained summary judgments for companies
on breach
of contract,
misappropriation of trade secrets, tortious interference, premises liability, fraud, and unjust enrichment claims.
Although counterclaim - defendants won
on Diamond Information Systems» counterclaims alleging
misappropriation of trade secrets and business conspiracy, a Loudoun County Circuit Court says they are not entitled to attorney's fees, nor are they entitled to $ 13,599 in transcript costs; the court...
and which defines a civil tort and remedies for
misappropriation of trade secrets; (2) enforcement
of the general duty
of loyalty that employees (the people most likely to be given access to a
trade secret) have, at least while they are
on the payroll, not to disclose their employers» proprietary information to others; and (3) enforcement
of contracts, including confidentiality agreements, entered into by people and companies given access to
trade secrets.
Firm shareholder Henry Sneath and firm associate led and presented at a 2 - hour CLE
on «Defend
Trade Secrets Act (DTSA): The New Federal Private Cause
of Action for
Trade Secret Misappropriation.»
In the past ten years, Mr. Altieri has both brought and defended numerous actions
on behalf
of employers, including several injunctive proceedings annually,
on such issues as
misappropriation of trade secrets, non-compete agreements, and breach
of fiduciary duty.
Won a defense judgment in federal court in the Central District
of California
on behalf
of The Home Depot in a case alleging
misappropriation of confidential and
trade secret information.
The lower court, based
on Civil Code section 3426.4 (allowing fee - shifting to a prevailing party if a
trade secret claim
of misappropriation is made in bad faith), awarded $ 735,781.27 in fees to defendants — comprised
of a $ 535,215 lodestar augmented by a 1.3 positive enhancement for excellent defense work.
In our next case, the trial court found objective speciousness and subjective bad faith
on the part
of Plaintiff SASCO, who sued a competitor and individual defendants alleging
misappropriation of trade secrets and related torts.
Some
of our notable entertainment and media attorneys are: John Quinn, General Counsel
of the Academy
of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, who has also represented entertainment and media clients in a number
of high profile cases; Kathleen Sullivan, the former Dean
of Stanford Law School, First Amendment scholar, and nationally renowned appellate advocate, who heads the firm's appellate practice group; Bob Raskopf, an expert in the sports, entertainment and media bars in New York, who is perhaps best known for his work
on behalf
of professional sports leagues and teams, newspapers and publishers; Claude Stern, who has represented a broad array
of leading software developers, videogame manufacturers, online publishers and other media clients in all forms
of intellectual property litigation, including copyright, patent,
trade secret, trademark, and licensing disputes; Bruce Van Dalsem, who has tried and resolved disputes for studios, producers and performing artists in the film, television, music and finance businesses, securing a top five verdict in California based
on the
misappropriation of a film library; Gary Gans, an expert litigator in motion picture financing, production and distribution disputes, as well as copyright and idea theft cases, who has been named in 2012 by The Hollywood Reporter as one
of America's «Top Entertainment Attorneys;» Jeff McFarland, who has litigated entertainment related cases for more than 20 years, including cases involving motion picture and television series profits, video game licenses, idea theft and the «seven year rule;» and Michael Williams, who represents a satellite exhibitor and other media clients in trademark, copyright, patent, antitrust and other commercial litigation.
She handles a wide range
of matters, including those involving claims
of discrimination and harassment based
on race, national origin, age, sex, disability, and sexual orientation; wage and hour violations; independent contractor misclassification; wrongful termination in violation
of public policy; whistleblower and other retaliation claims; breach
of contract; unfair competition; defamation; and
misappropriation of trade secrets.