protect trade secrets when dealing with third parties

Most business dealings today require companies to reveal at least some of their trade secrets and other proprietary information, whether to employees and contractors working for the company, to a strategic partner or supplier, or to a company that seeks to acquire the business. 

Carefully written confidentiality agreements can reduce the risk of that information being disclosed to outsiders or misappropriated, but it is not unusual for employees and other companies to be accused of violating such an agreement, with the potentially harmful outcome of an injunction against the company and the possibility of significant monetary damages. 

Michael Burke, the principal in The Burke Law Firm, has participated in many such negotiations and understands what types of information must be disclosed in order to have a productive negotiation and successful outcome. While engaging in that process, it is still possible to protect your trade secrets and other confidential information from being misappropriated; we bring actions against those violating such agreements, and defend companies accused of wrongdoing as well.