Joseph Lavigne

Joseph Lavigne is a founder and editor of the Trade Secret Insider and is a lead partner for Jones Walker’s Trade Secret Non-Compete Team. He has years of experience litigating trade secret, non-compete, computer fraud, and unfair competition cases — in both federal and state courts. Several of these cases established Louisiana’s law on trade secrets and non-competes. He also actively advises clients on how to protect their trade secrets and retain key personnel, as well as ways to avoid liability when hiring key personnel from a competitor. Mr. Lavigne can be reached at jlavigne@joneswalker.com or 504.582.8610.

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Micah Fincher Discusses the Oculus VR Trade Secrets Lawsuit with LXBN TV

Following up on his recent post, Micah sat down with Colin O’Keefe of LXBN to discuss Facebook’s potential purchase of a massive trade secret suit. In the brief interview, Micah explains the suit’s background and its potential impact on Facebook. Check out what Micah has to say. … Continue Reading

Tips For Protecting Against Unfair Competition From Within

By Joseph Lavigne on June 11, 2014 Posted in Confidential Information, Non-Compete, Trade Secret, Unfair Competition

This is Part One in a three-part series on preventing unfair competition and trade secret theft by former employees. It’s an all too familiar story. A company spends substantial time and money training employees to run and manage a specific business division. The employees receive access to the company’s confidential information—customer contacts, pricing information, … Continue Reading