Protection of Proprietary Technology in an Economic Downturn: Trade Secrets and Noncompetes

Please join Morgan Lewis's Michael L. Banks, Louis W. Beardell, and Daniel Johnson for "Protection of Proprietary Technology in an Economic Downturn: Trade Secrets and Noncompetes," an informative webcast on ways to protect proprietary technology in an economic downturn.

Topics to be discussed include:

• Prelitigation process
  
  • What steps should a company take to protect proprietary technology?
  • How does a company know when it has taken the appropriate measures to protect its proprietary technology?
    • Proprietary technology policies
    • Noncompete agreements
    • Employee agreements
    • Access to proprietary technology
    • Confidentiality agreements
    • Monitoring protocols
• Litigation: Employer actions when an employee and information enter or leave the company
  • What steps should be taken prior to an employee beginning employment?
  • What steps should be taken prior to an employee leaving the company?

When:
Thursday, January 14, 2010
1:00 p.m.–2:00 p.m. (ET)

To register, please use the above registration link. For more information, please contact Tanya Musick at 214.466.4162.

Application for accreditation of this program in IL, PA, NY, and TX is pending approval.