Experience

- A real estate investment trust company in successfully enforcing non-compete obligations contained in employment agreements with former CEO and CIO.
- Misys in obtaining summary judgment dismissing a federal lawsuit under the Americans with Disabilities Act based on purported 9/11-related disabilities.
- General Electric in defeating an application for a preliminary injunction and then obtaining summary judgment on all claims in an action seeking to prevent GE from hiring a competitor’s engineering and marketing executives.

Debevoise has extensive experience on both the plaintiff and defense sides of disputes involving trade secrets, executive restrictive covenant agreements and other legal issues that arise when companies hire top executive talent from the competition. Litigators in Debevoise’s Employment Litigation and Intellectual Property Litigation groups have been successful in both obtaining and defeating motions for preliminary injunctions aimed at preventing the movement of key teams and business leaders and preserving confidential business information.In addition to litigated matters, Debevoise provides strategic advice to help clients in a broad range of industries protect their human capital, business relationships, confidential information and trade secrets. The Debevoise litigation team works closely with the Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation Group to navigate group hires and to draft confidentiality, non-compete, non-solicit and employment agreements and related employer policies aimed at securing confidential and proprietary information.

Trade Secrets & Employment

Experience