Before pleading a Texas Theft Liability Act claim against an employee for stealing the company’s data, information, documents, or other property, the company should make sure that there is at least some evidence of the employee’s intent to deprive the company of its property.
Tag: Theft of Trade Secrets
A Former VP of Operations Ordered to Pay $1.9 Million for Taking Company’s Trade Secrets in Violation of a Separation Agreement
According to some studies, more than 60% of employees copy their employers’ documents or files before leaving their employment. They are even more likely to do so if
No Non-Compete Agreement? No Problem! – What Texas Companies Can Learn from Oculus Rift Lawsuits
I advise all my business clients in Texas to have non-compete and non-solicitation agreements with their key employees. Why? Well, first of all, because Texas
10 Tips on Preventing Trade Secrets Theft by Employees Who Work from Home
In 2013, Marissa Mayer’s memo to Yahoo employees cancelling Yahoo’s work-from-home policy sparked a debate on whether working from home hurts or benefits companies, and
What is a Trade Secret?
What are trade secrets and how they are regulated depends largely on what state your business is operating in. Currently, each state has it own statute