E-Discovery in Trade Secret and Restrictive Covenant Litigation Involving Former Employees | Practical Law

E-Discovery in Trade Secret and Restrictive Covenant Litigation Involving Former Employees | Practical Law

This Practice Note addresses e-discovery issues that organizations face in trade secret and restrictive covenant litigation involving the organization's former employees. Specifically, this Note provides guidance on relevant types and sources of electronically stored information (ESI), a party's duty to preserve relevant evidence, how to mitigate the risk of spoliation, remediating relevant devices, and proactive steps an organization may take to safeguard proprietary information.

E-Discovery in Trade Secret and Restrictive Covenant Litigation Involving Former Employees

by Josh Hummel and Lynne Hewitt, Redgrave LLP with Practical Law Litigation
This Practice Note addresses e-discovery issues that organizations face in trade secret and restrictive covenant litigation involving the organization's former employees. Specifically, this Note provides guidance on relevant types and sources of electronically stored information (ESI), a party's duty to preserve relevant evidence, how to mitigate the risk of spoliation, remediating relevant devices, and proactive steps an organization may take to safeguard proprietary information.