Employers, Ex-Employees and Trade Secrets

This booklet covers an area of growing concern in businesses both large and small, namely the theft by ex-employees of their employers' client lists, client details, trade secrets and goodwill. This work sets out the law with respect to ex-employees, ex-agents, and ex-directors taking client lists and secret information from their principals. It provides a step by step guide on the actions to be taken both prior to, during and after litigation. It contains practical advice on how...
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This booklet covers an area of growing concern in businesses both large and small, namely the theft by ex-employees of their employers' client lists, client details, trade secrets and goodwill. This work sets out the law with respect to ex-employees, ex-agents, and ex-directors taking client lists and secret information from their principals. It provides a step by step guide on the actions to be taken both prior to, during and after litigation. It contains practical advice on how businesses can prevent the problem arising in the first place. Finally it provides advice and precedents useful to lawyers and businessmen including "Restraint of Trade Agreements", Confidentiality Agreements, Anton Pillar orders and injunctions. This work draws upon the very successful text THE LAW OF TRADE SECRETS AND PERSONAL SECRETS now in its second edition by the same author.