Non-Disclosure Agreements and Confidentiality Clauses in PA One common question for a Pittsburgh lawyer is: are non-disclosure agreements enforceable? First, you need to know there are two types of non-disclosure agreements, each having a different legal standard. The first kind involves NDA’s in the employment context, which must meet a…
Confidential Info Protection: Waiver By Sharing with the Gov’t?
Effect of Sharing Trade Secrets with the Government Our Pittsburgh lawyers have blogged extensively about how an employer’s “secret” information will fall short of “trade secret” classification, unless the employer can show it had taken steps to develop and protect the “secret.” In other words, yours is no longer the…
Pittsburgh Lawyer | Trade Secret Claims and Defenses
A Trade Secret in Pennsylvania Misappropriating a trade secret can expose you to a claim for compensatory and punitive damages plus the Plaintiff’s attorney fees. You should talk to a Pittsburgh lawyer at our firm if anyone threatens a “trade secret” claim against you. “[Mr. Elliott is] The Complete Package”…
I Googled Myself and…Oh No!
Our law firm gets plenty of calls from people who want to prevent their name from coming up in a “Google search,” especially where there exists a criminal record (that has been expunged but still appears in a Google search) or other embarrassing information available online. Some progress is being made on this front. The European Union…
NON-COMPETE – PITTSBURGH LAWYER | Post-Separation Attorneys
Our Pittsburgh non-compete lawyers represent employees and employers. Our PA noncompete attorneys handle claims and defenses on contracts involving covenants not to compete or non compete agreements.