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    Attorney Alkida Kacani focuses her practice on commercial litigation, government investigations, False Claims Act (FCA) litigation, and employment counseling and litigation. Health care companies, financial institutions ...

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New York State Senate Passes Bill to Ban Noncompete Agreements
Categories: Non-Compete Agreements, Trade Secrets and Confidential Information
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New York State may soon join the growing list of jurisdictions restricting or banning noncompete agreements. On June 7, 2023 the New York State Senate passed S 3100A (the “Bill”), which would prohibit employers from seeking, requiring, demanding, or accepting certain noncompete agreements.

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Secrets to Protecting Trade Secrets Abroad
Categories: Defend Trade Secrets Act, Trade Secrets and Confidential Information
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Consider the following scenario that was the premise of the book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (1964), and later adapted into the classic film Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971): your company (Willy Wonka Chocolates) is in the candy business and develops an idea for an everlasting gobstopper (a sucking candy that never gets smaller).  Anticipating substantial profits from the product, the company designates the everlasting gobstopper formula as a trade secret.  As in the book and film, a rival chocolate company (Slugworth Chocolates) seeks to steal the trade secret ...

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