Protecting Scientific and High Tech Trade Secrets
Crafting and Enforcing Restrictive Covenants in Light of New Social Media Vulnerabilities
Recording of a 90-minute premium CLE webinar with Q&A
This CLE course will address specific challenges facing scientific and high tech companies in protecting trade secrets using restrictive covenants. The panel will discuss current law and provide tips for crafting, implementing and enforcing agreements that reflect today's extensive use of social media at work.
Outline
- Challenges to Restrictive Covenants Specific to Science and High Tech Companies
- Client List Protection
- Other Trade Secret Protection
- Employee Rights
- Crafting Effective and Enforceable Restrictive Covenants to Protect Trade Secrets
- Enforcement of Restrictive Covenants
- Current State of the Law
Benefits
The panel will review these and other key questions:
- What are the potential conflicts and vulnerabilities for a company's protected client list due to employees' use of social media?
- What types of restrictions have companies successfully imposed on employees who have left their employment?
- What are the unique aspects of scientific or high tech businesses that counsel must consider when drafting restrictive covenants for clients in those industries?
Following the speaker presentations, you'll have an opportunity to get answers to your specific questions during the interactive Q&A.
Faculty
Russell Beck
Partner
Beck Reed Riden
Mr. Beck is a business, trade secrets, and employee mobility litigator, nationally recognized for his trade secrets and... | Read More
Mr. Beck is a business, trade secrets, and employee mobility litigator, nationally recognized for his trade secrets and noncompete experience. A leading authority on the law of trade secrets, noncompetes, and employee mobility, he literally wrote the law, wrote the book, and teaches the course on noncompete law in Massachusetts. Similarly, Mr. Beck revised the Massachusetts Uniform Trade Secrets Act, wrote the books Trade Secrets Law for the Massachusetts Practitioner (1st ed. MCLE 2019) and Negotiating, Drafting, and Enforcing Noncompetition Agreements and Related Restrictive Covenants (6th ed., MCLE, Inc. 2021), teaches the course Trade Secrets and Restrictive Covenants at Boston University School of Law, and co-hosts a podcast on trade secrets and restrictive covenants called Fairly Competing.
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Scott Gibson
Founding Partner
Gibson Ferrin
He helps businesses and individuals navigate the challenges of the legal system. His practice focuses on intellectual... | Read More
He helps businesses and individuals navigate the challenges of the legal system. His practice focuses on intellectual property and employment law and helps businesses prosper by properly managing their intangible assets. He also holds an LL.M. in Biotechnology and Genomics. He helps businesses and individuals navigate the challenges of the legal system. His practice focuses on intellectual property and employment law and helps businesses prosper by properly managing their intangible assets. He also holds an LL.M. in Biotechnology and Genomics.
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