In the 21st Century, businesses face new challenges when seeking to protect proprietary information and prevent unfair competition. The Internet and e-mail facilitate the wide-spread dissemination of information. The fast-paced, competitive nature of today's work environment and the increased mobility of employees threaten the investment that employers make in customer relationships, confidential information, trade secrets and personnel. King & Spalding's lawyers are drafting and enforcing restrictive covenant agreements and protecting trade secrets for companies across the nation. Our lawyers also help clients determine whether a noncompete agreement is legally enforceable before hiring a competitor's former employee.
Our trade secrets and noncompete litigation practice is uniquely comprised of a cross-functional group of lawyers with expertise in trade secrets, unfair competition, noncompete agreements, and intellectual property laws throughout the United States. Our lawyers are widely recognized as some of the best in their practice areas by leading publications such as Chambers USA: America's Leading Business Lawyers, The Best Lawyers in America, The International Who's Who of Business Lawyers, Georgia Super Lawyers, and Texas Super Lawyers. We have litigated hundreds of cases in both federal and state courts involving alleged:
We have successfully obtained or avoided temporary restraining orders and preliminary injunctions in many of these cases. We have also tried several noncompete and trade secrets cases to successful verdicts.
