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Labor/Employment

Feb. 17, 2000

Putting Former Employees in the Firing Line

The inevitable disclosure doctrine is a potentially devastating weapon in the arsenal of former employers.

By James T. Diamond Jr.
        The 2nd District Court of Appeal recently became the first California appellate court to adopt the doctrine of the "inevitable disclosure" of trade secrets. Electro Optical Industries, Inc. v. White 76 Cal.App.4th 653 (1999). The adoption of the doctrine places California, a state dominated by high-tech development and high employee mobility, at the f...

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