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Recognizing An Overcorrection: A Proposal For Nevada's Policy On Non-Compete Agreements, Kristopher Kalkowski Sep 2017

Recognizing An Overcorrection: A Proposal For Nevada's Policy On Non-Compete Agreements, Kristopher Kalkowski

Nevada Law Journal

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Relative Consent And Contract Law, Nancy S. Kim Sep 2017

Relative Consent And Contract Law, Nancy S. Kim

Nevada Law Journal

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Misconstruing Whistleblower Immunity Under The Defend Trade Secrets Act, Peter S. Menell Apr 2017

Misconstruing Whistleblower Immunity Under The Defend Trade Secrets Act, Peter S. Menell

Nevada Law Journal Forum

In crafting the Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016 (DTSA), Congress went beyond the federalization of state trade secret protection to tackle a broader social justice problem: the misuse of nondisclosure agreements (NDAs) to discourage reporting of illegal activity in a variety of areas. The past few decades have witnessed devastating government contracting abuses, regulatory violations, and deceptive financial schemes that have hurt the public and cost taxpayers and investors billions of dollars. Congress recognized that immunizing whistleblowers from the cost and risk of trade secret liability for providing information to the Government could spur law enforcement. But could this …