July 17, 2017Links from this article: This article highlights the key differences between a confidential disclosure agreement (CDA) and a non-disclosure agreement (NDA).
June 01, 2017In this case, the court implied that even though the defendants (who had been principals in the company) had obtained access to emails through the administrator's password of the company's email account, the emails had not lost their confidential nature.
June 01, 2017This article looks into the Edac Inc. v. Tullo case to determine whether the improper disclosure of confidential information always results in damages.
June 01, 2017Drafters need to ensure that confidentiality agreements entered into with experts require the expert to give notice to the disclosing party if the expert may be called upon to give expert evidence in a proceeding.
January 13, 2017When signing a non-disclosure agreement, the benefits of including a term clause (i.e., end of the contractual obligations) depend on whether you are more likely to be disclosing or receiving confidential information.
June 14, 2016This article discusses the case nClosures Inc. v. Block and Co. and the risks of not signing a confidentiality agreement before entering into negotiations.
November 10, 2014This month Home Depot announced that it was hacked and that 56 million credit card accounts were compromised, and that around 53 million customer email addresses were stolen as well. This articles discusses how hackers could have breached security and a suggested security protocol that a company and its data security team should consider.