Index

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INDEX

Access restrictions, 68 –70, 72

Accounting standards, 51–52

Activity restriction covenants, 65

Adequate consideration requirement,

res tric tive c ovena nts, 10 3–105

Affidavits, 164

Affirmative inju nctive relief, 179–180

Alabama

trade secret misappropriation when

acquired by improper means,

26–27

trade secret value, 24n19

UTSA enactment, 215

Alaska, UTSA enactment, 215

Arizona

blue penciling, 118n13

UTSA enactment, 215

Arkansas, UTSA enactment, 215

Attorney-client privilege, 128

Attorneys’ fees, 159, 188–189

At-w ill e mploy ment, 10 4–105

Audit planning, 49–50

Audits, 48–53

checklist for ma nufacturing

business, 233–235

process, 49–52

reasons for, 48–49

small businesse s, 53

Authorized disclosure s afeguards,

77–80

Balance of harms, 112, 167–168

Blue penciling, 101

Bon ds, 174–175

Breaches of noncompetition agre e-

me nts, 94– 95, 11 0–116, 159

Breach of confidence, 31, 58, 64, 75

Breach of duty, 25–26

Breach of fiduciary duty, 143–145, 159

Bribery, defined as improper

means, 25

Bur den of pr oof, 132–13 3

Business partner s, trade secret

mis appropr iation, 151–152

Business plans, 21

California

att orne ys’ fe es, 18 8–189

civil actions, 127, 128

injunction bonds, 174

noncompetition agreement

legislation, 255–256

preliminary injunctive relief, 163, 172

punitive damages, 187

rea sona ble ro yalt y, 185–18 6

restrictive covenants, 87, 88, 89–91,

101, 103, 108, 109

social media, 17

threatened misappropriation vs.

inevitable disclosure, 39

trade secret definition, 3

UTSA enactment, 159, 215

Cell phones. See Phones

CFAA (Computer Fraud and Abuse

Act), 6

Choice of law, 109–110, 123–126

Circumstantial evidence, 132–133

Civil actions. See Trade secret

litigation

Colorado, UTSA enactment, 215

Common law states, 3–5

Company policies, 58–59, 72–74, 243–246

Compensatory damages, 180

Competitive adva ntage, 177–178

Computer Fraud and Abuse Act

(CFAA), 6

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