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Update: Seminar on Know-How Protection on December 10, 2021

We had been looking forward to a live seminar – but now the situation is not unfolding quite as we and the Lawyers’ Academy had envisioned and hoped. Today we (…) Read more

  • 6. September 2021
  • Filed under: General

Gathering evidence by accessing employees’ email accounts

It’s a typical scenario: A former employee starts their own business or goes to work for a competitor. There is some evidence to suggest that the employee used trade secrets (…) Read more

  • 3. September 2021
  • Filed under: General, Labor law, Procedural law

Better protection of trade secrets in civil proceedings

The protection of trade secrets in civil proceedings is possible only to a very limited extent. The “Act to strengthen the courts in commercial disputes” is intended to provide a (…) Read more

  • 30. June 2021
  • Filed under: General

A note from us: Seminar on the protection of Know-How

After our successful 2020 seminar on the protection of know-how fell victim to the COVID-19 pandemic, we are optimistic about this year: On December 10, 2021, the seminar “Protection of (…) Read more

  • 11. February 2021
  • Filed under: General

Retroactive application of the obligation to take protective measures? Higher Regional Court of Stuttgart vs. Higher Regional Court of Hamm

In two very extensive decisions, the Higher Regional Courts of Stuttgart and Hamm – as far as can be determined – became the first higher courts to rule on the (…) Read more

  • 21. January 2021
  • Filed under: General, Protective measures
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