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Inevitable Disclosure Need Not Be Inevitable

The doctrine of inevitable disclosure is a crucial tool to protect companies from perfidious former employees and is no threat to the honest ones ' if properly applied. A look at <i>Bimbo Bakeries USA, Inc. v. Botticella</i>

26 minute read October 27, 2010 at 02:01 PM
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Michael Starr
Inevitable Disclosure Need Not Be Inevitable

There is something in the doctrine of inevitable disclosure that sets the heart to fluttering and the blood to boil. The former for those suing disreputable employees who want to advance themselves by peddling to their new boss their former boss's trade secrets.

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