Corporate & Business Law
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G.J. Swanson LLC v. Cehovsky
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Monday, May 20, 2013
Absent allegations that a former employer provided confidential or secret recipes or cooking techniques, the employer may not be able to prove former cooks misappropriated trade secrets.
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Paragon Construction Co. v. Department of Public Works
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Monday, May 13, 2013
A court may construe any ambiguity in a construction contract that has specifications of "bewildering complexity" against the party that drafted the contract.
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Google Pays $7 Million To Settle Privacy Invasion
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Friday, March 15, 2013 | by THOMAS B. SCHEFFEY
Connecticut led the charge against Google Inc. for collecting data from people's homes, leading to a $7 million settlement with 38 states.Connecticut is to receive a $520,000 share of the payout.
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ESPN Minimizes Losses In Dish Network Suit
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Friday, March 15, 2013 | by CHRISTIAN NOLAN
Dish Network LLC f/k/a Echostar Satellite LLC v. ESPN, Inc. and ESPN Classic Inc.: Dish Network sought $152 million from Bristol-based ESPN in a dispute alleging that the sports network gave competitors better rates than they gave the satellite television provider.
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Colt GC Has Hands Full With Compliance Issues
Friday, March 1, 2013 | by THOMAS B. SCHEFFEY
The nation's gun industry has never been under greater scrutiny than now, in the wake of the Newtown school shootings. Just a few miles from the Connecticut state Capitol, business is booming in West Hartford for Colt firearms.
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Former Secretary of The State Susan Bysiewicz Joins New Law Firm
Friday, January 18, 2013 | by JAY STAPLETON
Even though former Connecticut Secretary of the State Susan Bysiewicz left a corporate law job for a position in public service nearly 20 years ago, she claims she never stopped being a lawyer.
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Powder Coating Consultants v. The Powder Coating Institute
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Monday, January 14, 2013
To prove "ascertainable loss," a business that pays dues to a nonprofit trade organization and that alleges that the nonprofit began to compete directly can be required to prove it was damaged as a result of the defendant's provision of consulting services.
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Powerweb Energy Inc. v. Hubbell Lighting Inc.
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Monday, December 3, 2012
Allegations that although the plaintiff marked its technological information as "confidential" and took steps to protect the information, the information, which was not generally known, was used without the plaintiff's consent can be sufficient to state a claim for misappropriation of trade secrets.
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O'Reilly v. Valletta
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Monday, November 26, 2012
A limited liability company has the power to sue or to be sued in its own name or may be a party to an action brought in its name by a member or manager; but, a member or manager may not sue in an individual capacity to recover for an injury based on a wrong to the limited liability company.
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Amphenol v. Paul
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Monday, November 19, 2012
When a worker signs a contract not to compete, resigns and begins work at another company, a court can order that the new company build firewalls, to prevent the employee's receipt of certain information, and search company computers once per month, for evidence the worker uploaded confidential information.
