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Safeguarding Purchased Customer Information through Nondisclosure Agreements in M&A Deals
Posted in customer list, customer list, nondisclosure agreement, trade secret misappropriation Tagged with: Acquisition Agreement, Business acquisition, Case Study, Confidentiality covenant, Customer information protection, Legal Challenges, M&A deals, Nondisclosure agreements, Preventing competition, trade secret
Seller loses $12.7 million jury verdict on appeal for damages for potential buyer’s claimed breach of confidentiality provision in letter of intent
In 2010, Seller was an integrated design and manufacturing company specializing in the development, production, installation, repair, and servicing of heavy equipment for use by offshore energy companies in the Gulf Coast region. Seller was founded in 2002 and employed…
Allegations were enough, if true to establish that business sellers breached their noncompetition, nonsolicitation and confidentiality covenants
Buyer is a full-service specialty contract manufacturer of automotive, household, insecticide, and pesticide aerosols, based in St. Clair, Missouri, about 50 miles southwest of St Louis. Target is a specialty chemical contract packager, which manufactures aerosols, liquids, and bag-on-valve products,…
Maryland court enforces boilerplate forum selection clause in confidentiality and noncompetition agreement against spouse and related companies of signatory
Buyer is a group of related Maryland companies founded in 1976 and has its world headquarters in Taneytown, Maryland (an hour NW drive from Baltimore). Buyer provides service and makes products in the commercial HVAC, industrial process, power, and industrial…
Seller of scrap metal business waived Buyer’s breach of a nondisclosure provision
Buyer, headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, and Seller, headquartered in Covington, La., are scrap metal recycling companies with substantial operations in Nashville, Tennessee. On December 9, 2015, they entered into a Confidentiality and Non-Disclosure Agreement (“NDA”) as part of discussions regarding…
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