Earlier, in LS3 Inc. v. Cherokee Nation Strategic Programs, L.L.C., No. 20-cv-03555-PAB, NYW (D. Colo. Sept. 29. 2021), the district court had held that Colorado had a strong public policy of not enforcing noncompete provisions, such that non-compete provisions in its LS3’s employment contracts were void and unenforceable. LS3 had claimed its former employees had […]
If you are the subject of a court injunction, then you need to take all reasonable steps to ensure compliance with that injunction. Otherwise, you may be at risk of being found in civil contempt. In the Seventh Circuit, a district court must make a finding of “bad faith, designed to obstruct the judicial process, […]
A Colorado state district court has revisited how to analyze whether a common law claim is preempted by the Colorado Uniform Trade Secrets Act (“CUTSA”) in CORE Consultants, Inc. v. Ferran, No. 2021CV31719, 2022 WL 20407191 (Colo. Dist. Ct. May 19, 2022). Two Analytical Approaches: “Elements” and “Facts” “Some determine whether the common law claim […]
The lawyers at Thomas P. Howard LLC successfully moved to dismiss Colorado civil theft and conversion claims as preempted by the Colorado Uniform Trade Secrets Act (“CUTSA”) in CORE Consultants, Inc. v. Ferran, No. 2021CV31719, 2022 WL 1637926 (Colo. Dist. Ct. May 5, 2022). The Colorado civil theft statute (see C.R.S.§ 18-4-405) provides: All property […]
Many businesses have proprietary secrets that give them a competitive advantage, ranging from secret recipes, client lists and formulas to innovative know-how, algorithms and marketing strategies. Such a trade secret is a type of intellectual property protected by both federal and Colorado state law. The whole point of a trade secret is that it’s secret—so […]