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Having a Confidential Information Policy

This is a good article from Lexology.  With corporate espionage and employment theft on the increase, having a confidential information policy in place may not be the ultimate security guarantee, but it does help. Tips on What Your Confidential Information Policies Must Have Lexology (08/01/14) Machum, G. Grant; Strachan, Alison Employers need policies in place […]

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As Corporate Espionage Increases, Man is Sentenced to Fifteen Years in Prison

Corporate espionage is on the upswing.  Since the Great Recession and the economic downturn, either desperate employees or conniving employees have resorted to stealing trade secrets and proprietary information.  We at Corra Group know of at least one company that was seriously damaged by an employee stealing one of their most valued trade secrets and […]

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Colorado Becomes Ninth State to Put Constraints on Employment Credit Reports

As some believe that conducting employment credit reports as a background check for employment screening may be discriminatory, affecting minorities, mainly, and those who suffered in the economic downturn, Colorado has become the ninth state to prohibit credit reports for employment purposes. According to the notice distributed by the law firm Seyfarth and Shaw….” Two types of […]

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Automakers Vulnerable to Increased Industrial Espionage Efforts

Industrial espionage is a serious business.  And it is a business.   Foreign National Agencies, commercial groups and any number of individuals are being paid  big money to steal the kind of proprietary information that would otherwise could not be obtained.   When i say big money, it is not really big money when compared to the […]