NetEvidence - Recent Cases: Intellectual Property Theft

Theft of Intellectual Property

We were engaged by a hedge fund to investigate whether their corporate network and local media were used by a former employee to misappropriate the proprietary source code for some of their trading models. Our work included identifying, documenting, and tracing suspicious activity and communication from its point of origin on their network through the various network routing points and logging gateways on their network to the Internet. We seized and searched the former employee’s local hard drive, e-mail account, storage media, and documented his user activity in the days leading up to his resignation. Our work was used in an affidavit documenting our findings for use in a Temporary Restraining Order hearing. Due in large part to the facts we uncovered, our client settled hours before the TRO was filed. Our client was able to use the facts to negotiate a favorable settlement with the former employee that included a lengthy lock-up and non-compete agreement.

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- Digital Evidence

- Spoliation Liability

- Theft of Intellectual Property

- Employee Fraud

- Forged Employment Contract

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