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SEC Continues to Police Confidentiality Provisions for Theoretical Whistleblower Suppression

Trading Secrets

Morgan Securities, LLC (“JPMS”) for allegedly including overbroad release provisions in settlement agreements. The Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) levied an $18 million fine against J.P. with respect to such communications.” However, Rule 21f-17(a) does not create a private right of action.

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SEC Continues to Police Confidentiality Provisions for Theoretical Whistleblower Suppression

LexBlog IP

Morgan Securities, LLC (“JPMS”) for allegedly including overbroad release provisions in settlement agreements. The Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) levied an $18 million fine against J.P. with respect to such communications.” ” However, Rule 21f-17(a) does not create a private right of action.

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Court of Appeal grapples with US v UK confidentiality in Autostore v Ocado without prejudice discussions

The IPKat

Their English solicitors were negotiating settlement. Before the third settlement negotiation meeting AutoStore’s solicitor sent a document (‘the Document’) as advance materials. Before the third settlement negotiation meeting AutoStore’s solicitor sent a document (‘the Document’) as advance materials.

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Recent SEC Order Reiterates Need for Affirmative Whistleblower Exclusion

Trading Secrets

But one area where we’ve seen legislative fretting is when that principle potentially impedes reporting wrongdoing to the government. As we have previously blogged, Congress and many state legislatures are exploring (or, in some cases, already enacted) legislative protections for reporting suspected misconduct to the government.

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3 Count: Free Cuthbert

Plagiarism Today

government is asking a court to award a 27-33 month sentence to George Bridi for his role int he SPARKS piracy scene group. government is request a sentence of between 27 and 33 months, which is still far lower than the 5-year maximum he could face. No additional details about the lawsuit have been revealed. However, the U.S.

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Federal Court Approves Consent Order Requiring Minister Steven Guilbeault to Unblock Ezra Levant on Twitter

Michael Geist

Regardless of your views of either Levant or Guilbeault, the principle that government ministers should not block access to their feeds given the implications for freedom of expression is an important one. Levant says that the government wanted him to sign a confidentiality clause in order to keep the settlement secret.

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ACE Expands to Become a Lean and Mean Anti-Piracy Machine

TorrentFreak

What it does, however, is open the door to collaboration with intermediaries, governments, and law enforcement agencies in other countries. Collaborating with Governments and Law Enforcement. Confidential agreements with domain registrars and registries, for example, help to efficiently take down domain names. Lean and Mean.