So you’re thinking about selling your company because you’ve finally received an offer you think is reflective of all the hard work you and your partners and employees invested over all those years. It’s inevitable that you will have to share some confidential information about your company with the potential buyers during the course of […]
7 Questions to Answer Before You Sign a Non-Disclosure Agreement
Before your company considers sharing its technology or other proprietary information with a potential strategic or commercial partner, you will want to ensure that the information is kept secret and cannot be used for any unauthorized purpose. This is where a non-disclosure agreement (“NDA”) may be useful to you. An NDA is a legally binding […]
Top 10 Mistakes to Avoid Managing Your Company’s Trade Secrets
Whether you’re running a newly minted start-up or leading an established corporation, genuine trade secrets will almost always provide your company with a competitive edge in the marketplace under both federal and state law. But you must handle them properly. Unfortunately, that edge can deteriorate, or vanish entirely, if your company makes one or more […]
California Ban on Mandatory Arbitration Permitted by Ninth Circuit
In a 2-1 decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit recently reversed a district court’s order enjoining the enforcement of California Assembly Bill 51 (“AB51”), which is codified as Labor Code section 432.6. The statute prohibits requiring arbitration of California Fair Employment and Housing Act (“FEHA”) and Labor Code claims as a […]
Negotiating with Your Landlord After Commercial Eviction Moratoriums Expire
During the pandemic, a spirit of we’re all in this together took some of the edge off the normally tense relationship between landlords and commercial renters. Government relief and emergency regulations helped. But now as commercial eviction moratorium protections run out, the relationship will return to normal, albeit a normal flooded with complexities, scattered in […]
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