William Bloch and Gary Salomons are attorneys handling a broad range of business litigation, including matters of trade secrets. They recently won a unanimous jury verdict in Pine Valley v. Ajinomoto North America, Inc., in the Los Angeles County Superior Court, which protected small food producer Pine Valley Inc. from a trade secrets misappropriation by the United States subsidiaries of a Japanese food manufacturing giant.
Trade secret violations are becoming increasingly common, and as more and more of the candy manufacturing is outsourced to third parties, it’s important that small businesses know how to protect themselves to prevent a trade secret misappropriation in the first place, and know how to fight back when a violation occurs.
