Legal Research: Trade Secrets & Bloomberg Law

Karen R. SchneidermanEmerging Technologies Librarian and

Assistant Adjunct Professor of Lawkaren.schneiderman@brooklaw.edu

(718)780-7980

January 18, 2011

Overview• Bloomberg Login Process• Basic Navigation of Bloomberg• Searching Bloomberg

– News– Company Profile Lookup– Dockets

• Using Bloomberg Alerting Service

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www.bloomberglaw.com

“Competition is growing in the legal market

from Bloomberg Law, a rival to

Thomson Reuters Westlaw and

Reed Elsevier's LexisNexis.”

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By Victoria Slind-Flor , Nov. 25 2008 (Bloomberg)

As the economy goes from bad to worse, companies

have become more aggressive in enforcing non-compete

agreements against departing employees and suing

those former workers for trade-secret misappropriation,

the Workforce Management news Web site reported.

Cases are filed to salvage what's lost when an employee

leaves and to send a message to other employees,

Marguerite Walsh, a partner at San Francisco's Littler

Mendelson, told Workforce Management.

These days, companies are suing more departing junior

employees than in the past, instead of just the most

senior executives, according to Workforce Management.

Companies are even enforcing non-compete agreements

against employees they terminate, Workforce

Management reported.

Trade Secret Non-Compete Litigation on the Rise

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Three SK Holdings Employees

Accused of Trade-Secret Theft

By Victoria Slind-Flor, Nov. 19, 2008 (Bloomberg)

Three South Korean citizens employed by

a SK Holdings Co. unit were charged with

stealing trade secrets from Lubrizol Corp.,

William J. Edwards, the U.S. Attorney for

the Northern District of Ohio said in a

statement.

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BL Search Areas

Four Search Areas1. US Law2. Global Law3. News 4. Custom

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BL Search: News

• Select “News” tab• Then select database:

Bloomberg NewsNews WireResearchWebReferences

• To Select: just highlight database and click “add”button

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BL : Search Query

• Exact phrase: “trade secret ”

• Inclusion: AND• Date Range: 11/01/2008

to 12/01/2008

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Prototype of BL Search Results

Results Include:• Source: BN• Date: 11/19/2008• Article Titles:

• Funai, Siemens, Lubrizol: Intellectual Property (Update1)

• EMI Group, Church & Dwight, Lubrizol: Intellectual Property

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BN News Article: Close-Up

Result #1:Victoria Slind-Flor, Funai, Siemens, Lubrizol: Intellectual Property (Update1), BLOOMBERG NEWS, Nov. 19, 2008.

Features: • Usually author

indicated• Keywords highlighted• Part of a multi-subject

article• Company noted in title

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BL: Company Info Search

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BL: Company Profile Lookup

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Lubrizol Corp (U.S.) Info

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BL: Company Info - Rearrange

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BL: Company Litigation Info

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BL: Company Litigation Dockets

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BL: Search Dockets & Pleadings

Docket (case docket, docket sheet) contains summary of basic information about court case. Dockets provides a ongoing record of the case, a source of case pleadings, a way monitor filings and avoid missing deadlines.

Includes:• Docket/case number, court • Assigned judge(s) & magistrate(s)• Relief demanded • Nature of suit • Litigants and attorneys

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BL: Docket Search

Option #1

Party roles assignment complete from 2009 forward for most courts. This feature can be used when searching for a single party only.

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BL: Docket Search

Option #2

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Carpenter Co. v. BASF SE

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Carpenter Co. v. BASF SE

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BL Alerts

Step #1: Perform Search• Starwood AND Hilton AND

“trade-secret”• Date Range: 01/01/2010 to

12/31/2010

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BL Alerts

Step #2: Review Search Results• Modify search, if necessary

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Karen R. SchneidermanEmerging Technologies Librarian and Assistant Adjunct Professor of Lawkaren.schneiderman@brooklaw.edu(718)780-7980

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