Fourth Annual Litigation CLE Seminar - Thursday, January 29, 2009

5.0 hours of CLE credit including 1.0 Elimination of Bias and 1.0 Ethics

Date and Time:
Thursday, January 29, 2009
7:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.

Location:
Fenwick & West LLP
Silicon Valley Center
801 California Street
Mountain View, CA 94041

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Please join attorneys from Fenwick & West's IP & Technology Litigation Group for this half-day seminar featuring practical and important information for technology companies that are facing, or may face, issues relating to trade secrets. This event presents an ideal opportunity to earn CLE credits before the compliance deadline, including the hard-to-obtain Ethics and Elimination of Bias credits. Wifi, breakout workspace, and food will be provided, so feel free to bring a laptop and connect to your office while you pick up credits.
Agenda

7:30 a.m.–8:00 a.m.	Breakfast
8:00 a.m.–9:20 a.m.	Session 1 – Issues Triggered By Use of Competitive Intelligence Your company competes in a tough market, against tough competitors–sometimes against dirty ones. You seek intelligence on what they're doing, they seek the same about you. This panel discusses the strategies, limits, and ethics that govern collection of competitive information and your response to competitors' unfair tactics. Topics will include learnings from several recent lawsuits litigating these issues, as well as analysis of use of third party services that develop and supply competitive intelligence services. This session qualifies for 1.0 hours of Ethics CLE Credit and 0.5 hours of General CLE Credit
9:20 a.m.–9:35 a.m.	Break
9:35 a.m.–10:40 a.m.	Session 2 – Protecting Your Company from Trade Secret Misappropriation in the Event of Employee Departures Discussions regarding employee mobility typically center on what steps a company should take to protect itself from litigation when hiring an employee from a competitor, but the offensive measures a company can take when losing an employee to a competitor are even more important to protect the company's competitive advantage. Immediate development and implementation of an aggressive strategy can help protect your trade secrets when a key employee announces their departure for a competitor. In this session, we will lay out a plan for safeguarding your trade secrets in such an event, including how to conduct a proper exit interview, how to investigate the potential misappropriation of trade secrets, and how to lay the groundwork for an effective litigation strategy, should that be necessary. This session qualfies for 1.25 hours of General CLE Credit
10:40 a.m.–11:45 a.m.	Session 3 –Best Practices Relating to Confidentiality and Non-Disclosure Agreements Technology companies routinely enter into confidentiality and nondisclosure agreements when exploring deals with potential partners. But quickly agreeing to “one size fits all” NDAs can lead to unexpected pitfalls, both for the company disclosing information and the company receiving it. In this session, we will address key considerations before entering into an NDA, common provisions that can have unintended consequences, best practices after the agreement has been signed, and recent developments in NDA-related litigation. This session qualifies for 1.25 hours of General CLE Credit
11:45 a.m.–12:00 p.m.	Break
12:00 p.m.–12:50 p.m.	Lunch and Bonus Presentation – Elimination of Bias This session qualifies for 1.0 hours of Elimination of Bias CLE Credit.

Topic:	Fourth Annual Litigation CLE Seminar
Date:	Thursday, January 29, 2009
Registration/ Breakfast:	7:30 a.m.
Program:	8:00 a.m. — 1:00 p.m.
Location:	Fenwick & West LLP Silicon Valley Center 801 California Street Mountain View, CA 94041
CLE Credit:	Up to 5.0 hours, including 1.0 hour of Ethics and 1.0 hour of Elimination of Bias credit, for attorneys and paralegals.
Registration:	To register for this event click here.
For additional program details, please contact Dawn Kwok at dkwok@fenwick.com. Substantive questions regarding this program may be directed to the program chairs, Jennifer Kelly at jkelly@fenwick.com and Rodger Cole at rcole@fenwick.com.

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