Disputes involving non-compete and non-solicitation agreements and trade secrets raise issues of critical importance for employers. With expertise in both employment and intellectual property law, Gibson Dunn attorneys are actively involved in counseling clients on the protection of trade secrets, confidential information, and human capital, as well as in litigating high-profile disputes involving the movement of key employees between competitors. We are often called upon by companies seeking to prevent critical harm by former employees who have breached non-compete agreements or who threaten to disclose trade secrets to competitors. We are also frequently called upon to defend former employees and their new employers against these kinds of claims. Recently, we have been involved in a number of matters involving both foreign and domestic companies in which bet-the-company trade secrets were at risk, as well as in the defense and prosecution of high-stakes non-compete disputes in federal and state courts throughout the country.