The co-leads of BakerHostetler‘s trade secrets practice who also harness expertise in non-competes are New York’s private business disputes-focused John Siegal and Florida-based Joyce Ackerbaum Cox; the pair are supported by the firm’s national labor and employment group chair Amy Traub, who also works from the New York hub. The team is well-equipped to assist its clients on the range of related work, from bet-the-company contract and tort cases to establishing the origin of alleged misappropriation. It is also experienced advising on the parameters of restrictive covenants and on contentions that arise therein. In Ohio, Cincinatti-based Scott McIntyre who has experience defending the array of related actions, and Columbus’ patent litigation specialist Kevin Kirsch are names to note in the team.
Key clients
- Marathon Oil Company
- Drips Holdings
- Huron Consulting
- FTI Consulting
- Nuestro Sagrado Corazon Primary Home Care, Inc.
Work highlights
- Defended Marathon Oil Company and others against an appeal brought re the opposition's declaratory judgment of ownership of IP and licensing, and for alleged violation of IP license over hundreds of claimed trade secrets.
- Represented plaintiff Drips Holdings in a trade secret and Lanham Act lawsuit brought against a competitor who obtained trade secrets regarding the client’s AI-assisted customer texting platform and used the information to launch a copycat platform.
- Represented FTI Consulting, a global consulting firm, in a long-running, bet-the-company contract and tort case in the Business Litigation Section of the Superior Court of Massachusetts in Boston in which a competitor unlawfully destroyed FTI's Boston-based corporate finance practice.
Lawyers
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Amy Traub, Joyce Ackerbaum Cox, John Siegal