February 22, 2016
An artificial intelligence company accusing its fired CEO of sharing the startup's trade secrets with her new employer asked a California federal court Saturday to block opposing counsel at Venable LLP from improperly contacting the tech firm.
January 28, 2016
A former Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP attorney and his new firm can continue representing an artificial intelligence company in trade secrets litigation with a former Orrick client, a California federal judge said Thursday, disregarding protestations from the opposition alleging a conflict of interest.
October 29, 2015
A former Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP attorney is circumventing his ethical duties because his new firm is representing an artificial intelligence company in trade secrets litigation against a former Orrick client, an opponent asserted Wednesday in California federal court.
October 22, 2015
Almawave fought a bid to disqualify Venable LLP from representing the artificial intelligence company and its CEO in a rival's trade secrets suit, saying Wednesday a Venable partner was never privy to confidential information when his old firm represented the rival in another case.
September 17, 2015
A Silicon Valley startup argued Wednesday in California federal court that Venable LLP and one of its partners, who was with Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP while it represented the startup, should be disqualified from representing the artificial-intelligence computing company's former CEO in a trade secrets case because of conflicts of interest.
February 23, 2015
A Silicon Valley startup has accused its recently fired CEO of taking a top job at a competitor months before she left the company, sharing the startup's trade secrets, breaching her contract and sabotaging its attempts at attracting venture capital, according to a suit filed Friday in California federal court.