2.18.10
Trade Secrets, Non-Competes and E-Mail Do Not Go Well Together (Unless You Like Punitive Damages) - Part 2
Ok. Yesterday you quit your long-time job where you were a key employee. What do you do today? As Tammy Keymon learned in the case of Hamilton-Ryker Group, LLC v. Keymon, you shouldn’t contact the client you worked for on behalf of your old employer and solicit that client’s business (in Tammy’s case successfully).
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2.16.10
Trade Secrets, Non-Competes and E-Mail Do Not Go Well Together (Unless You Like Punitive Damages) - Part 1
Let’s say you are a key employee for a company and have been for years. In fact, you are such a key employee that you are the primary point of contact for significant portions of your employer’s business. Let’s say the employer reorganizes and offers you a new job as part of the reorganization. What if you don’t like the new job that is offered? What do you do?
