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Re: [Fot] Is There A Bigger Soap Opera?

To: "Barr, Scott" <sbarr@McCarty-Law.com>
Subject: Re: [Fot] Is There A Bigger Soap Opera?
From: Bill Babcock <billb@bnj.com>
Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2007 17:20:55 -0400
That too.

My agency has a big technology base, valuable client relationships,  
and bushels of confidential information. Oregon has draconian  
confidentiality laws (thanks to Tektronix and Intel) and we are very  
careful to dot the t's and cross the i's to make our non-comp and  
confidentiality agreements binding when we hire someone. With all  
that going for us, the few times we've had to release the lawyers  
from hell, the only value was lots of shared pain between us and the  
miscreants. If you're in a better position to stand the pain then you  
sort of win.

On Sep 21, 2007, at 3:48 PM, Barr, Scott wrote:

> And by the time you're trying to enforce them, the confidentiality  
> horse
> is out of the barn...
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: fot-bounces+scott.barr=mccarty-law.com@autox.team.net
> [mailto:fot-bounces+scott.barr=mccarty-law.com@autox.team.net] On  
> Behalf
> Of Bill Babcock
> Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2007 11:34 PM
> To: Joe Curry
> Cc: fot@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [Fot] Is There A Bigger Soap Opera?
>
> Non competition agreements are extremely hard to enforce anywhere and
> are rare outside the U.S.
>
> On Sep 20, 2007, at 7:26 PM, Joe Curry wrote:
>
>> I guess that everyone is entitled to his opinion.  Personally, I am
>> pleased with the penalties that were levied.  The only thing that I
>> didn't particularly like was that the drivers points were unaffected.
>>
>> What I heard is that the drivers were guaranteed to keep their points
>> in order to get them to cooperate with the investigation.
>>
>> But I wonder how this episode has left Alonzo in the eyes of McLaren.
>
>> My guess is that he will be wearing different livery next year.
>>
>> I guess it all could be compared with employment in industries that
>> have trade secret information at stake.  Employees typically sign  
>> non-
>
>> disclosure agreements and their contracts are always laced with
>> clauses stipulating that they are prohibited from working for any
>> competitor for at least a couple of years after leaving their current
>> employer.
>>
>> Surely, these teams have similar commitments involved in their hiring
>> practices.
>>
>> Joe C.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: fot-bounces+spitlist=cox.net@autox.team.net
>> [mailto:fot-bounces+spitlist=cox.net@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of  
>> Gary
>> Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2007 3:53 PM
>> To: fot@autox.team.net
>> Subject: [Fot] Is There A Bigger Soap Opera?
>>
>> Hello:
>>
>> If any of you follow the Formula One "circus", then you're well aware
>> of the current McLaren/Ferrari Affair...what a soap opera.  The link
>> below will take you to an excellent viewpoint by Gordan Kirby.  Its
>> worth a read.
>>
>> Gary
>> 62 TR4 "The Flying Brick"
>> 69 TR6
>>
>> http://www.gordonkirby.com/categories/columns/theway/2007/
>> the_way_it_is_no92
>> .
>> html
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