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SEC Continues to Police Confidentiality Provisions for Theoretical Whistleblower Suppression

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Specifically, the rule provides that “[n]o person may take any action to impede an individual from communicating directly with the Commission staff about a possible securities law violation, including enforcing, or threatening to enforce, a confidentiality agreement. with respect to such communications.”

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Role of Independent Director: In Era of Corporate Governance

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Introduction Corporate governance generally refers to how organisations are directed, managed, controlled, and held responsible to its shareholders. India is a popular location for investments, thus in order to attract the largest investment ever, we need to strengthen the governance standards.

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House Introduces Legislation Restricting Confidentiality Provisions in Settlement Agreements

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introduced legislation to restrict confidentiality provisions from covering claims of discrimination, harassment, and retaliation. 8146 , appears to be a federal effort to expedite the state-level trend to exempt discrimination, harassment, and retaliation information from confidentiality restrictions.

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VANDA Pharmaceuticals States a Fifth Amendment Claim against the Government for Taking a Trade Secret

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and the United States government provides guidance on the minimum requirements that the government must meet to protect trade secrets provided during the regulatory approval process for pharmaceuticals. On January 18, 2024, the court denied the government’s motion to dismiss regarding the Fifth Amendment takings claim.

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Ohio’s Supreme Court Ducks the Question of Whether “Mere Confidential Information” Is Protectable

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A debate is growing within the trade secret community about the scope of information that should be protected–specifically, confidential information that does not rise to the level of a trade secret. On October 12, 2023, in Hanneman Family Funeral Home & Crematorium v.

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UK Government Moves to Limit Non-Competes

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The UK government has announced that it will bring in legislation to restrict the post-employment non-compete restraints to three months. The government announcement came as part of a series of regulatory reform proposals intended to reduce regulation for businesses post-Brexit.

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A Look Back at India’s Top IP Developments of 2023

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As 2023 comes to an end, in line with our annual tradition, we take stock of the top IP developments that occurred this year. The decisions in the second category, i.e., Top 10 IP Cases/Judgements (Jurisprudence/Legal Lucidity) reflect those that we thought showed a fair bit of jurisprudential rigour and/or legal lucidity. Nataraj, Ms.

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