5 posts and columns on confidential information

Four Arrested in Tech-Heavy Insider Trading Case

in Enterprise on December 16, 2010 at 10:29 am PT

The defendants include employees at several tech firms, including Dell, Advanced Micro Devices, Taiwan Semiconductor, and Flextronics. All worked as consultants for a research firm.

When Entrepreneurs Attack! All 10 New Skype Lawsuit Filings!

in News on October 14, 2009 at 8:05 am PT

Earlier today, Joost and Joltid attacked! The pair of companies, which are controlled by Skype co-founders Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis, filed a motion for preliminary injunction against former Joost CEO Michelangelo Volpi and Index Ventures, where Volpi now works as a partner, asking that he not use knowledge or confidential information he got at the video start-up in current dealings with the Internet telephony giant. Here are 10 filings made today related to the injunction!
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Exclusive: Skype Founders Keep on Punching–File Injunction Against Volpi and Index

in News on October 14, 2009 at 7:04 am PT

Joost and Joltid filed a motion for preliminary injunction against former Joost CEO Michelangelo Volpi and Index Ventures, where Volpi now works as a partner, asking that he not use knowledge or confidential information he got at the video start-up in current dealings with Skype. The move is yet another legal attack from the founders of Skype, who were on the losing side of the $2 billion deal to buy the Internet telephony giant from eBay.
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Email Still the Biggest Threat for Insider Leaks, but Blogs, Video on the Rise

in News on August 18, 2009 at 11:48 am PT

A report from security firm Proofpoint shows that email isn’t the only inside threat companies face–confidential information is leaking out via blogs, mobile devices and social-media sites.