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Trade Secret & Non-Compete Specialty Team

Butzel Long’s Trade Secret and Non-Compete specialty team includes attorneys with a wealth of knowledge and extensive courtroom experience in representing and counseling clients in trade secret, non-compete, and other competitively sensitive business disputes.

Butzel Long attorneys practicing in the areas of trade secret and non-compete law are regularly involved in obtaining and opposing injunctive relief and in negotiating the resolution of business competition disputes. Our attorneys have the knowledge and experience to successfully represent clients in this specialized area. Each attorney remains current with all legal developments and are often involved in the cases that define the boundaries of trade secret and non-compete law.

As a result of this leading edge involvement, Butzel Long attorneys are the key resource in this specialized area for not only litigation and trial expertise, but also for counseling clients on how to protect themselves and their competitively sensitive business information through the drafting of specially tailored restrictive covenants. Our attorneys frequently speak on business competition topics and share their experience-based knowledge and guidance with clients, other attorneys and industry groups.

Experience

Achieved summary judgment in favor of employees who joined a competitor of former employee
Red Group v. Gattari. Successfully defended former employee in two lawsuits initiated by former employer alleging violations of a covenant not to compete and related claims.
Represented a former employee accused of stealing more than $100 million worth of trade secrets from his employers in violation of the federal economic espionage act.