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Spilling Secrets Podcast: Trade Secrets on Film and TV

26/02/2025despair

Now on Spilling Secrets, our podcast series on the future of non-compete and trade secret law:

The 2023 Academy Awards are over, but we’re keeping the awards season alive with our very own Trade Secrets Fail Awards, highlighting Hollywood’s biggest missteps in depicting trade secret issues on-screen.

Panelists Peter A. Steinmeyer, Katherine G. Rigby, A. Millie Warner, and Daniel R. Levy discuss their picks for the worst trade secret theft and misappropriation in the movies and on television.

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Tune in to Spilling Secrets, a podcast series on the future of trade secrets and non-compete law.

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Deborah L. de Vries Named Co-Leader of Anchin’s Law Firm Group

23/02/2025despair

NEW YORK, Feb. 6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Anchin, a premiere New York-based accounting and advisory firm, is pleased to announce that Partner Deborah L. de Vries has been named the new Co-Leader of Anchin’s Law Firm Group. Deborah, who also co-leads the Compensation & Benefits Group, is an invaluable resource for law firms seeking business and consulting services. She also actively develops continuing education and professional resources for Anchin’s Law Firm Practice.

Following several new hire announcements, Deborah’s appointment is an exciting example of continued internal advancement at Anchin. “The Professional Services Group has always included outstanding talent,

Dechert law firm asks judge to toss reporter’s hack-and-leak lawsuit

08/01/2025despair

(Reuters) – Law firm Dechert asked a US judge to throw out a former Wall Street Journal reporter’s lawsuit accusing the firm of working with mercenary hackers to leak private emails and get him fired from his job.

Dechert argued in a Washington, DC, federal court filing late Friday that the lawsuit was untimely because it relates to events that occurred more than five years ago. The complaint by reporter Jay Solomon also does not show that Dechert was responsible for the harm he faced, the firm said.

Solomon, who recently became an editor at the news startup Semafor, sued

Teesside Law Firm | Dickinson Womble Bonds

01/01/2025despair

We have supported many household names on Teesside, with a number of the region’s most significant projects for the best part of 30 years. Our Wilton office, at the heart of the Teesside Freeport, is the ideal location for us to continue to support our varied client base in one of the most economically active regions in the UK.

From the Wilton office, we will continue to support clients on a full range of legal matters, including in key sectors such as manufacturing, renewable energy, digital, transport and local government. We have a deep understanding of the region and the

The NLRB Finds Unlawful Confidentiality and Non-Disparagement Provisions in Severance Agreements: Non-Disparagement, Non-Disclosure, Non-Allowed

30/12/2024despair

On February 21, 2023, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or “Board”) continued its aggressive application of the National Labor Relations Act (“Act” or “NLRA”) to workplaces without union representation and lessened the value of severance agreements for all employers by finding it unlawful for an employer to merely proffer a severance agreement that includes broad non-disparagement and confidentiality provisions to an employee. in Mclaren Macomb, the Board held that a severance agreement that contained a confidentiality clause and a non-disparagement clause was unlawful because, in the Board’s view, these provisions impermissibly infringe on employees’ rights under the Act. …

The Marrone Law Firm acquires the McMahon Law Firm

12/12/2024despair

The Marrone Law Firm of Syracuse has completed its acquisition of the McMahon Law Firm of Camillus. Steve McMahon (left) is now retired. Anthony Marrone (right) is the founder and CEO of the Marrone Law Firm, a boutique firm focusing on the areas of elder law, Medicare, and estate planning. (Photo credit: Marrone Law Firm website)

SYRACUSE, NY — The Marrone Law Firm, PC of Syracuse announced it has acquired the McMahon Law Firm of Camillus.

Long-time attorney Steve McMahon has decided to retire after nearly five decades of practice, the Marrone firm said in a Jan.

Law firm Fox Rothschild shakes up top leadership

11/12/2024despair

(Reuters) – US law firm Fox Rothschild said Monday that Todd Rodriguez, a longterm leader of the firm’s healthcare group, will take over as firmwide managing partner effective April 1.

Rodriguez succeeds Mark Morris, a real estate lawyer who has served as the Philadelphia-founded firm’s managing partner since 2017. Morris will become chair, replacing current chair Mark Silow.

Rodriguez, who has served as co-chair of the firm’s healthcare department since 2008, said Silow and Morris have built a “very healthy and robust firm” with a diversity of people and practice areas, and he views his charge as “continuing that legacy

Law firm Fox Rothschild shakes up top leadership

10/12/2024despair

(Reuters) – US law firm Fox Rothschild said Monday that Todd Rodriguez, a longterm leader of the firm’s healthcare group, will take over as firmwide managing partner effective April 1.

Rodriguez succeeds Mark Morris, a real estate lawyer who has served as the Philadelphia-founded firm’s managing partner since 2017. Morris will become chair, replacing current chair Mark Silow.