Trade Secret Litigation
From burgeoning high-tech companies to established international manufacturers, healthcare giants, and established financial services and insurance institutions, clients regularly turn to Greene Espel to represent them in disputes involving trade secrets.
Our lawyers have litigated, tried, and handled on appeal trade-secret-misappropriation cases in Minnesota and across the United States, often with tens or hundreds of millions of dollars at risk. We take pride in working with in-house and outside experts to master complicated technical subjects and present those concepts to judges and juries in an understandable way. We also employ creative strategies to confront trade secret theft and secure the safe return of trade secrets while avoiding drawn-out litigation.
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Employment Litigation
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Employment Investigations
Explore Practice AreaEmployers rely on Greene Espel to conduct internal investigations about their most sensitive and high-stakes workplace issues.
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Employment Counseling
Explore Practice AreaGreene Espel partners with employers to foster diverse and inclusive workplaces, to develop and implement employment policies, and to advise about the myriad of employment issues that may arise daily.
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Non-Compete Disputes and Litigation
Explore Practice AreaEmployees come and go. When their departures implicate legal obligations, Greene Espel can help. Greene Espel mobilizes immediately when clients must seek, or defend against, expedited injunction motions that may arise when employees move from one job to another.
Events & Presentations
- June 18, 2026. Holley Horrell to Present on Recent IP-Related Court Decisions for the Minnesota Chapter of the Federal Bar Association
- May 18, 2023. Jenny Gassman-Pines and Davida Williams to Present at Minnesota CLE's 2023 Employment Law Institute
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