Labor & Employment

Intellectual Property

Robert S. Berezin, Lucy E. Muzzy | Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

When a former employee/inventor of one company joins the competition to launch a new product line, patent litigation typically ensues. The plaintiff often alleges that its former employee turned competitor has infringed the same patents that name him or her as an inventor. In the usual patent...

Intellectual Property

John P. Barry | Proskauer

Editor: Please tell us about your background. Barry: I am a graduate of Harvard University and Boston University School of Law. I have been practicing law for 17 years and joined Proskauer's Newark office six years ago. Over the last decade, I have worked on restrictive covenant matters,...

Labor & Employment

James D. Donathen, John G. Schmidt Jr. | Phillips Lytle LLP

Even in a struggling economy, one industry thrives - employee disloyalty.According to a recent report from the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, the average employer loses 5 percent of its annual revenue to fraud. Unfortunately, there is no prototype for a disloyal employee. More often...