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10 tips for minimizing company liability for terminating employees who steal trade secrets Carlton Fields Jorden Burt prev next USA July 28 2015 When your company uncovers evidence that an employee misappropriated trade secrets it must act swiftly. The company may want to fire the employee to protect itself from the potentially devastating consequences. But how can you minimize the risk that the employee may sue the company claiming he did not misappropriate trade secrets? These tips will minimize the risks posed by an employee’s claim: 1. Inventory your trade secrets and have clear policies. You should know what your trade secrets are and the protocols in-place to safe guard them. There should be policies about access to and use of trade secrets that are informed by the Uniform Trade Secrets Act and the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. Your policies should be clear that the company owns the computing systems and data and that unauthorized us...

eCommerce sites NOT liable for reviews? Jul 28, 2015 By  Giulio Coraggio  is a partner at world leading law firm DLA Piper specialized in technology, privacy and gaming/gambling law matters. TripAdvisor did NOT mislead its users on the truthfulness of reviews published on its site, and the € 500K fine previously issued shall be cancelled. Jack Ma, the founder and executive chairman of the Alibaba group , the world’s largest eCommerce site, made an interesting comment on the relevance of trust in eCommerce Because of e-commerce, we finish 60-million transactions daily.  People don’t know each other. I don’t know you.  I send products to you.  You don’t know me.  You wire the money to me.  I don’t know you.  I give a package to a person.  I don’t know him.  He took something across the ocean – across the river.   This is the trust. We have at least, 60-million trusts happening every day. And this case raises interesti...

Mid-year review 2015: anti-corruption in the Asia-Pacific region Baker & McKenzie Australia, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand, Vietnam July 19 2015 This article provides a brief overview of the recent anti-corruption developments in the Asia-Pacific region in the first half of 2015. As a whole, the region has seen an increase in enforcement actions. Whilst much of this can be attributed to the continued heightened enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (“ FCPA ”), it is also noteworthy that, for the first time, non-US enforcement actions concerning the bribery of foreign officials have outpaced enforcement actions by the US Department of Justice (“ DOJ ”). The region has also seen the DOJ engaging with regional partners in running parallel investigations that complement, rather than compete with, each other. Another positive regional development is the recent establishment of ...