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Learn how harness the power of Bloomberg Law to search news, court dockets and company profiles.
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Legal Research: Trade Secrets & Bloomberg Law
Karen R. SchneidermanEmerging Technologies Librarian and
Assistant Adjunct Professor of [email protected]
(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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BL: Login
www.bloomberglaw.com
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BL: Navigation Menu
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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: Searching
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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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BL Alerts
Step #3: Create Search Alert• Required: Name • Determine Frequency: hourly, daily, weekly • Click “Create”
Karen R. SchneidermanEmerging Technologies Librarian and Assistant Adjunct Professor of [email protected](718)780-7980
Questions?