Megan Mathias Presents Live Webcast
08/18/2016On August 18, 2016, Megan Mathias presented to 175 in-house counsel attorneys in a Thompson Reuters/Celesq live webcast entitled “Tips for Protecting Confidential Information and Trade Secrets for In-House Counsel”
Megan discussed important legal issues and insights for in-house counsel as to how to identify the company’s confidential information and trade secrets and direction on documents and protocol to protect confidentiality and support the case for protection of trade secrets.
Topics included:
- definition of confidential information and trade secrets
- identification of your competitive edge leading to identification of your confidential information
- treatment of information as confidential so a court will treat it as confidential
- documents in place add to the case for protection of information
- security protocols to limit possible exposure of information
- limits on access to certain employees
- enforcement issues in litigation
- laws protecting trade secrets across the country
- new federal trade secrets law
- case examples from Illinois, California and New York
- Tools in your legal toolbox for protection of information
- restrictive covenants, how to use them and when they are enforceable